Almost EUR 11 billion spent on social security in 2019

Ljubljana, 18 July - Slovenia earmarked EUR 10.72 billion for various social security programmes in 2019, a rise of 6.2% over 2018, with the bulk spent on the elderly, and on diseases and healthcare. The figure represented 22.2% of the country GDP, up 0.2 percentage points from 2018, the Statistics Office (SURS) has said in a press release.