Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in Bulgaria, 2022
Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2022: Annual value — 18.65 % of GDP. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.

Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2022
- Value: 18.65 % of GDP
- Change vs 2021: −0.17 % of GDP (−0.9 %)
- Position in history: above the 12-year average (average — 18.0842 % of GDP)
- Series maximum — 20.27 % of GDP in 2024
- Series minimum — 16.64 % of GDP in 2019 (3 years ago)
- Value date: 1 January 2022
- Source: Eurostat
Dynamics over neighbouring years
| Year | Value, % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 17.65 |
| 2016 | 17.33 |
| 2017 | 16.82 |
| 2018 | 16.9 |
| 2019 | 16.64 |
| 2020 | 18.62 |
| 2021 | 18.82 |
| 2022 | 18.65 |
| 2023 | 19.36 |
| 2024 | 20.27 |
Full history and interactive chart
Complete series for Bulgaria — on the Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP page.
Other years
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2013
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2014
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2015
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2016
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2017
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2018
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2019
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2020
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2021
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2023
- Expenditure on social protection as percentage of GDP in 2024