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Social protection benefits relative to GDP

Social protection benefits relative to GDP
Catalonia Spain European Union
2014 21.3 24.9 (p) Provisional value 27.6 (p) Provisional value
2013 21.2 25.3 (p) Provisional value 27.8 (p) Provisional value
2012 21.2 25.0 (p) Provisional value 27.6 (p) Provisional value
2011 21.1 24.9 (p) Provisional value 27.2 (p) Provisional value
2010 21.1 24.2 (p) Provisional value 27.4 (p) Provisional value
Units: %.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.

Last update: December 22, 2016.

CPS

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Social Protection Accounts (CPS).

Methodological note

Social benefits, or transfers in cash or in kind, to households and individuals with the aim to relieve them of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs as defined in the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS). These risks and needs include the following: disability, illness/healthcare, old age, survival, family/children, unemployment, housing and social exclusion not included in any other category.

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