Do Changes in Welfare and Health Policy Affect Life Satisfaction of Older Citizens in Europe?

Table 3

Mean scores on the welfare indicators social protection expenditure as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), long-term care expenditure as % of GDP, and aggregate replacement ratio per country in 2006 and 2014.

	Social protection expenditure as % of GDP		% GDP long-term care expenditure		Aggregate replacement ratio
	2006	2014	2006	2014	2006	2014
Belgium	27	30	2.1	2.6	.42	.47
Bulgaria	14	18	0.1	0.1	.37	.44
Czech R	18	20	0.2	1.4	.52	.55
Denmark	28	33	2.2	2.8	.37	.45
Germany	28	29	1.3	1.6	.46	.45
Estonia	12	15	0.2	0.3	.49	.47
Greece	24	32	—	0.1	.49	.60
Spain	20	26	0.9	0.9	.48	.60
France	30	34	1.5	1.9	.58	.69
Croatia	18	22	—	0.2	—	.40
Cyprus	17	22	0.2	0.2	.28	.39
Lithuania	13	15	0.6	1.0	.44	.45
Luxembourg	21	23	1.5	1.6	.66	.85
Hungary	22	21	0.6	0.7	.54	.62
Netherlands	26	31	3.4	4.3	.43	.50
Austria	28	30	1.3	1.6	.65	.60
Poland	20	18	0.4	0.4	.59	.63
Portugal	24	28	0.1	0.9	.59	.63
Romania	13	15	0.5	0.1	.44	.65
Slovenia	22	25	1.1	1.3	.41	.45
Slovakia	16	18	0.2	0.1	.57	.62
Finland	25	31	2.1	4.0	.47	.51
Sweden	29	30	3.5	3.5	.62	.60
UK	26	28	—	1.8	.45	.51
Iceland	21	24	1.8	1.8	.46	.49
Norway	22	25	2.1	3.3	.46	.59
Switzerland	24	27	2.0	2.8	.39	.44
Ireland	17	22	—	2.2	.38	.36
Italy	26	30	—	0.9	.58	.64
Latvia	12	14	0.2	0.5	.49	.44
Malta	17	18	—	—	.45	.56