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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government spending on social protection (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 17.1%p (provisional) 18.7%p (provisional) 19.5%
2023 16.4% 18.5% 19.1%
2022 17.5% 18.3% 19.3%
2021 18.1% 20.1% 20.2%
2020 19.0% 21.9% 21.7%
2019 16.9% 17.3% 19.2%
2018 17.0% 16.8% 19.1%
2017 17.3% 16.6% 19.3%
2016 18.1% 16.9% 19.6%
2015 18.6% 17.0% 19.6%
2014 19.1% 17.8% 19.8%
2013 19.5% 18.1% 20.0%
2012 18.5% 17.7% 19.7%
2011 18.0% 16.9% 19.3%
2010 17.4% 16.7% 19.7%
2009 17.2% 16.1% –
2008 15.2% 13.8% –
2007 14.9% 12.8% –
2006 15.1% 12.7% –
2005 15.1% 12.7% –
2004 14.7% 12.8% –
2003 14.4% 12.7% –
2002 13.4% 12.6% –
2001 12.8% 12.5% –

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
gov_10a_exp · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A cofog99=GF10 na_item=TE sector=S13 unit=PC_GDP
Observation period
1990 to 2025
Provider update
21 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat