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 Expenditures of social protection benefits (% of GDPmp - Base 2006)
Characteristic Description
Name Expenditures of social protection benefits (% of GDPmp - Base 2006) by Functions of social protection; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics of social protection - ESSPROS
First available period 1995
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Functions of social protection
Concepts
  • SOCIAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES:  Expenditures of social protection schemes classified by type, indicating the nature of or reason for the expenditure: social protection benefits, administration costs, transfers to other schemes and other expenditure.
  • SOCIAL PROTECTION:  All intervention 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 neither a simultaneous reciprocal nor an individual arrangement is involved.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • SOCIAL PROTECTION FUNCTION:  The primary purpose for which social protection is provided to relieve households and individuals of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs, irrespective of legislative or institutional provisions.
Formule (Expenditures of social protection benefits/ GDPmp Base 2006)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 31/10/2013


information presented in 4/11/2025