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The EU countries allocate 19.2% of GDP for social protection expenditure according to the statistics of Eurostat, based on 2015 budgets. The main part of these funds go to support the elderly (10.3% of GDP) and for disadvantaged people (2.8%). Most funds for social protection allocate the governments of Finland (25.6% of GDP), France (24.6% of GDP) and Denmark (23.6% of GDP) showed more the data.

Greece spend most money to support for the elderly, as part of the cost of social support, which amounts to 15.7% of GDP. The total costs of the country for social protection are amounting to 20.5% of GDP.

The smallest share of social protection is released in Ireland (9.6% of GDP), Lithuania and Latvia (less than 11%) and Romania (11.5%).

Bulgaria spent 13.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) on social protection, according to the latest Eurostat data for cost of public services. The funds allocated by the government for social support are the biggest cost for public services, amounting to 32.6% of all. The money allocated for economic development are 6.1% of GDP and for health 5.5% of GDP. Money for education are 4% of GDP, while for defense the government spends about 1.4% of GDP.

As a share of total government spending on public services for economic development were allocated 15%, for healthcare – 13.4% and the education costs are 9.8% of all budget spending in 2015.

The cost structure of social protection in Bulgaria is similar – most funds go to support older people (9.9% of GDP) and for families with children (2.4%). For disadvantaged people separate 0.2% of GDP.

The data shows that the government, which has largest support for education is Denmark (7% of GDP) and the lowest in Romania (3.1% of GDP). Health care costs are highest in Denmark (8.6% of GDP) and in France (8.2%). At the opposite pole is Cyprus with 2.6% of GDP allocated to health care.