Gross and net expenditure on social benefits by function

Gross social protection expenditure on social benefits measure the total monetary resources devoted to social benefits received in cash and kind by beneficiaries. Net social protection expenditure removes from gross expenditure taxes and social contributions paid on cash social benefits by their recipients, providing expenditure data that are more comparable between countries. It distinguishes expenditure by social protection function and expresses expenditure in national currency and euro, as well as relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and as the net share of gross social protection.