Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Pension expenditure as % of GDP, Eurostat definition (ESSPROS): old-age, anticipated and partial old-age, survivors', disability and early-retirement pensions; public and private social-protection schemes. Comparable across European countries; a different scope from the COR's (French mandatory schemes). Outside Europe (United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, Mexico): OECD SOCX, public old-age and survivors' pensions only — a narrower scope. The cross-country comparison uses the OECD for all.· OECD definition, cash benefits: narrower than Eurostat’s (no disability or private pensions)· Not comparable with the COR projections for France (mandatory French schemes only, a different scope)
5.3% GDP
2023
+0.4 ptsvs 2022
min 0.2 1985max 5.3 2023
% GDP
Range
Source: BIS — Social Expenditure Database (SOCX)· Data 2023Source type : Official
Public old-age and survivors’ pensions · OECD definition, cash benefits: narrower than Eurostat’s (no disability or private pensions) · Upd. 10/2025
