Social protection expenditure and receipts in Sweden and Europe (ESSPROS)

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ESSPROS stands for European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics, a harmonised system providing a means of analysing and comparing social protection financial flows. This system has been developed by Eurostat in collaboration with the member states and the data are drawn up according to the ESSPROS Manual. Expenditure of social protection schemes is broken down into social benefits, administration costs and other expenditure. Receipts of social protection schemes comprise social contributions, general government contributions and other receipts.

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Expenditure on social protection decreased in relation to GDP

2024-03-26

Social protection expenditures as a share of GDP decreased from 27.8 percent in 2021 to 26.7 percent in 2022. This was the smallest share of GDP since 1993. Social protection expenditures in current prices increased, but less compared to the increase of GDP.

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Social protection expenditure. Year 1993 - 2022

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Total receipts of social protection by type of sector of origin. Year 1993 - 2022

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Total expenditure and receipts by scheme. Year 1993 - 2022

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Gross and net social cash benefits for Sweden. Year 2019 - 2022

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Social protection expenditure by function. Year 1993 - 2022

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Total expenditure, total receipts, and expenditure by function in relation to (%) GDP (million SEK). Year 1993 - 2022

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