Heterogeneity of government social spending in European Union countries

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Table 2 Average government social spending in EU countries in 2008–2018 by category (% of GDP)

Country	Family	Housing	Old age	Sickness	Survivors	Unemployment	Other
Country	% of GDP
Austria	2.37	0.12	12.64	1.94	1.47	1.35	1.11
Belgium	2.31	0.20	8.67	2.99	1.82	2.14	1.25
Bulgaria	2.34	0.12	9.40	0.24	n.a	0.10	0.58
Croatia	1.87	0.07	8.68	2.17	1.41	0.50	0.93
Cyprus	2.49	0.01	5.51	0.59	1.35	0.83	2.10
Czech Rep	1.20	0.21	7.59	2.27	0.61	0.27	0.66
Denmark	4.80	0.70	8.04	4.93	0.00	2.94	2.34
Estonia	2.23	0.00	6.96	2.10	0.10	1.24	0.29
Finland	3.19	0.40	12.03	3.97	0.77	2.26	1.44
France	2.41	0.91	13.29	2.80	1.55	1.92	1.22
Germany	1.65	0.42	9.36	3.03	1.91	1.86	1.18
Greece	0.73	0.07	14.53	1.61	1.70	0.72	0.35
Hungary	2.15	0.39	7.30	3.21	1.17	0.49	1.03
Ireland	1.98	0.95	4.73	2.56	0.81	2.05	0.57
Italy	0.98	0.01	13.46	1.76	2.64	1.05	0.60
Latvia	1.39	0.11	6.18	3.13	0.38	0.61	0.62
Lithuania	1.03	0.11	7.50	2.13	0.22	0.56	0.67
Luxembourg	3.55	0.04	10.03	2.35	0.00	1.46	0.89
Malta	1.06	0.15	7.60	1.29	1.57	0.43	0.75
Netherlands	1.48	0.43	6.49	4.59	0.14	1.72	1.64
Poland	1.69	0.07	9.22	2.45	1.73	0.53	0.39
Portugal	1.09	0.21	11.68	1.45	1.75	1.14	0.71
Romania	1.09	0.00	9.16	1.01	0.10	0.16	0.63
Slovakia	1.31	0.00	7.59	2.84	0.86	0.21	2.03
Slovenia	2.11	0.00	10.57	2.42	1.56	0.69	1.09
Spain	0.77	0.05	8.62	2.39	2.24	2.58	0.49
Sweden	2.45	0.30	10.57	4.21	0.35	1.36	1.12
UK	1.73	1.28	8.51	2.41	0.10	0.24	1.90