France - Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in France was 404,503,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 426,406,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 18,675,010,000 in 1972.

Definition: Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 18,675,010,000
1973 21,510,560,000
1974 25,840,110,000
1975 32,029,540,000
1976 38,264,710,000
1977 44,774,280,000
1978 51,085,660,000
1979 61,650,380,000
1980 69,821,650,000
1981 78,465,510,000
1982 91,926,760,000
1983 104,961,000,000
1984 116,547,000,000
1985 125,588,000,000
1986 132,067,000,000
1987 141,870,000,000
1988 151,796,000,000
1989 165,238,000,000
1990 175,945,000,000
1991 183,902,000,000
1992 191,400,000,000
1993 194,601,000,000
1994 198,047,000,000
1995 240,426,000,000
1996 248,830,000,000
1997 251,086,000,000
1998 234,763,000,000
1999 245,728,000,000
2000 255,577,000,000
2001 265,562,000,000
2002 275,738,000,000
2003 287,696,000,000
2004 296,501,000,000
2005 309,538,000,000
2006 325,961,000,000
2007 338,006,000,000
2008 347,387,000,000
2009 350,946,000,000
2010 358,438,000,000
2011 372,629,000,000
2012 383,485,000,000
2013 395,139,000,000
2014 404,959,000,000
2015 409,112,000,000
2016 414,467,000,000
2017 426,406,000,000
2018 421,069,000,000
2019 404,503,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance