The ESSPROS Core system consists of a stable, annually collected set of data on the receipts and expenditures of social protection schemes in the European Union.
The ESSPROS Core system collects data on the expenditure on social protection benefits provided by public and private bodies to individuals and households without any deduction of taxes and other obligatory levies payable on social benefits by beneficiaries. This expenditure is therefore considered as gross. It represents the value of social benefits disbursed by resident social protection schemes and the value of benefits received in cash or in kind by beneficiaries.
Statistical data
Social protection statistics - Background