Expert of the Confederation of Employers Janis Hermanis shared data from the EU statistical office Eurostat on government spending in EU countries to support families with children - as a percentage of GDP. Unfortunately, Latvia ranks low in this indicator as well, specifically, our country occupies the 6th place from the bottom, allocating only 1.40% of GDP for families with children. Even less is allocated by the Czech Republic, Ireland, Spain, and Malta. The record for saving on families with children is held by Greece - 0.91% of GDP. The average spending on family support across the European Union is 1.99% of GDP. Denmark allocates the most budgetary funds for families with children - 4.07% of GDP. Luxembourg is in second place with a figure of 3.65%. The top three is completed by Slovakia and Finland - 3.50% of GDP. Interestingly, Estonia ranks high in seventh place, investing 2.37% of GDP in support for families with children. Lithuania's spending on these needs is 1.82%.