Social contributions (current LCU) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Angola 308,111,000,000.00 2019
2 Madagascar 305,545,000,000.00 2019
3 Rwanda 180,935,000,000.00 2019
4 Senegal 148,169,000,000.00 2018
5 Congo 49,600,000,000.00 2018
6 Cameroon 48,131,650,000.00 2018
7 South Africa 25,397,420,000.00 2019
8 Gabon 23,761,810,000.00 2019
9 Kenya 15,558,250,000.00 2019
10 Cabo Verde 10,168,690,000.00 2017
11 Tunisia 5,782,100,000.00 2012
12 Mauritius 5,557,500,000.00 2019
13 Burundi 5,357,400,000.00 1999
14 Niger 3,083,000,000.00 1980
15 Benin 2,529,000,000.00 1979
16 Mozambique 515,520,000.00 2019
17 Zimbabwe 160,274,300.00 2018
18 The Gambia 1,530,000.00 1990
19 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.02 1989
20 Ghana 0.00 2019
20 Guinea 0.00 1992
20 Guinea-Bissau 0.00 2019
20 Equatorial Guinea 0.00 2019
20 Lesotho 0.00 2019
20 Morocco 0.00 2019
20 Burkina Faso 0.00 2019
20 Botswana 0.00 2019
20 Central African Republic 0.00 2018
20 Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 2019
20 Egypt 0.00 2015
20 Ethiopia 0.00 2019
20 Sudan 0.00 2016
20 Malawi 0.00 2020
20 Namibia 0.00 2019
20 Mali 0.00 2005
20 Tanzania 0.00 2018
20 Uganda 0.00 2019
20 Zambia 0.00 2019
20 Somalia 0.00 2019
20 Seychelles 0.00 2018
20 Togo 0.00 2019

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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