Social protection expenditure, current, by function, gross and net (ESPROSS)

"Social Protection encompasses all interventions from public or private bodies intended to relieve households and individuals of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs, provided that there is neither a simultaneous reciprocal nor an individual arrangement involved. The list of risks or needs that may give rise to social protection is, by convention, as follows: Sickness/Health care, Disability, Old age, Survivors, Family/children, Unemployment, Housing and Social exclusion not elsewhere classified".
(Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/spr_esms.htm, 21-01-2015)

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Euro (EUR)

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office