In 2021, EU countries spent an average of €777 per person on family benefits, up from €561 in 2011.
In total, €347 billion was spent on family benefits in 2021, an increase of 41% compared with 2011 (€247 billion).
The countries with the highest expenditure on family benefits per person in 2021 were Luxembourg (€3 611), Denmark (€1 858) and Germany (€1 575). The countries with the lowest expenditure were Bulgaria (€161), Greece (€243) and Romania (€244).
Source dataset: spr_exp_sum
Poland with the highest share of expenditure on family benefits
In the EU, family benefits represented 8.3% of the total spending on social protection benefits in 2021.
In the same year, Poland (15% of the total social benefits), Luxembourg (14.8%) and Estonia (12.8%) registered the highest shares of expenditure on family benefits. Meanwhile, the lowest shares were in Italy (4.1%), the Netherlands (4.6%) and Cyprus (4.7%).
Source dataset: spr_exp_sum