Summary | Adding on health expenditures raises the total to
27.7 per cent of 2014's euro zone GDP.The demographic outlook
for Europe generally is equally challenging.Fewer young people
mean a smaller future work force from which governments can
draw tax.But the birth rate is only one side of the coin.Note
also that Eurostat classifies "old” as applying to people over ...
scmp.com | 19 April 2016