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Efficiency indexes are used in economy niversally, but their utilisation within the social politics is also possible is in certain scopes. The specific index of financial efficiency can be applied to define the role of the state in funding the social protection system. The paper includes discussion how the index can be applied in the social protection system. The discussion was based on the examples of Poland, Great Britain and Germany because these countries are perceived as ones where the certain models of the social politics were introduced.