Illness and healthcare expenditure down in 2022

In 2022, social safety illness and healthcare expenditure, measured as a proportion of GDP, stood at 8.1% at EU stage, reflecting 0.4 proportion factors (pp) lower in contrast with 2021 (8.5%). 

Among the many 24 EU international locations for which 2022 estimates can be found, social safety illness and healthcare expenditure was highest in France (10.0% of GDP), Germany (9.7%), Slovenia (8.6%), Austria (8.5%) and Belgium (7.8%), whereas it was lowest in Bulgaria (4.2%), Eire (4.6%), Hungary, Lithuania (each 4.7%) and Estonia (4.8%).

Supply dataset: spr_exp_sum

Virtually all EU international locations recorded a lower in social safety illness and healthcare expenditure between 2021 and 2022. The biggest lower in illness and healthcare expenditure was recorded in Bulgaria (-1.1 pp), adopted by Hungary (-0.9 pp), Lithuania and Eire (each -0.8 pp). The one EU international locations to report a rise have been Luxembourg (+0.3 pp) and Slovenia (+0.1 pp). Cyprus maintained its expenditure on the 2021 stage. 

This data comes from early estimates on social safety expenditure, that are the principle headline indicators for the European System of built-in Social Safety Statistics (ESSPROS) and are offered by the reporting international locations on a voluntary foundation. 

The supply datasets for 2022 early estimates on social safety advantages can be found on Eurostat’s thematic part on social safety statistics. The total set of social safety knowledge for 2021 and former years is offered within the database devoted to social safety statistics.