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 Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection) (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection) (%); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual national accounts - institutional sector
First available period 1995
Last available period 2022
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
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.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • GOVERNMENT (Institutional sector):  The government sector includes all institutional units whose primary function is to produce other, non-market goods and services for individual and collective consumption and/or engaging in the redistribution of income and national wealth. These units' main resources come from mandatory payments made directly or indirectly by units belonging to other sectors.
Formule

(Government expenditure (COFOG+07+09+10)/ Total government expenditure)*100

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 02/03/2024


information presented in 29/3/2024