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Greece - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 18.5

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

18.5 (2023)

Global rank

##11 of 77 economies

Share of global total

2.3%

Growth since 2017

0.92×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#7#112020 overtook Sweden
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Greece climbed from #7 to #11 (overtook Sweden). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Greece ↓

Key Events — Greece

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
Overtook Sweden in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2023

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20172022202318.519.7621.0322.29
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