Eurostat: Romania ranks last in the EU in terms of share of social protection expenditure to GDP
Friday, February 28, 2020
In 2018, social protection was the most important area for government expenditure in all the EU member states, however the share of these expenditures to the GDP significantly varies between 24.1 percent in Finland and 9 percent in Ireland, data released by Eurostat on Thursday showed. According to the data, five member states (Finland, France, Denmark, Italy and Austria) have allocated at least 20 percent of the GDP for social protection in 2018, whereas ...