Member States' expenditure accounts for 28.7°/o of GDP in EU average; social transfers present around 30°/o of net household income; for some 35°/o of households they were the main source of income and without them just under 40% of households would have had a level of income of under half of the national average.
Οι κοινωνικές παροχές αντιστοιχούν στο 30 % περίπου του καθαρού εισοδήματος των νοικο­κυριών, ενώ για ποσοστό 35 % των νοικοκυριών απο­τελούν την κύρια πηγή εισοδήματος.