In 2022, Bulgaria spent 30 391.7 million BGN for social protection benefits. In order to finance social protection in the country, 16 159.0 million BGN were allocated from the state budget, while the receipts of social protection contributions amounted to 17 121.0 million BGN.
In 2022, the social protection benefits by functions are:
‘Sickness/Healthcare’ - 8 304.8 million BGN;
‘Disability’ - 2 828.5 million BGN;
‘Old age’ - 13 635.1 million BGN;
‘Survivors’ - 1 664.8 million BGN;
‘Family/Children’ - 2 666.7 million BGN;
‘Unemployment’ - 875.9 million BGN;
‘Housing’ - 0.59 million BGN;
‘Social exclusion n.e.c.’ - 415.4 million BGN.
The ‘Old age’ function with its major component ‘expenditures for pensions’ had the highest share (44.9%) of the total expenditure. The ‘Sickness/Healthcare’ and ‘Disability’ functions also had a significant share of the total expenditure - 27.3% and 9.3% respectively.
More information and data on receipts and expenditure for social protection can be found on the website of NSI, section ‘Social protection’ and on the Information System ‘Infostat’.
