Public administration, education and health share of the economy in the European Union (27) i

Name: Public administration, education and health share of the economy in the European Union (27): 18.9% in 2025
Creator: Eurostat
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Basic · Annual · % of GVA

Source: Eurostat (nama_10_a10), retrieved 2026-10-17 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet

18.9%

European Union (27) · 2025

Year-on-year change+0.2 pp

Previous period18.7% 2024

Rank in Europe—

EU2718.9%

Spain17.2%

Trend

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About this indicator

What is the latest public administration, education and health share of the economy figure in the European Union (27)?: 18.9% in 2025.
What does public administration, education and health share of the economy measure?: Public administration, education and health share of the economy, in % of GVA. Descriptive indicator: a higher or lower value is not better in itself; the ranking orders from highest to lowest.
Where does the public administration, education and health share of the economy data come from?: Eurostat, dataset nama_10_a10 («Gross value added and income by main industry (NACE Rev.2 ) - annual data»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
How often is public administration, education and health share of the economy updated?: Annual. The latest period published is 2025; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.

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