Social contributions (current LCU) - Country Ranking - Europe

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 Hungary 5,578,340,000,000.00 2019
2 Czech Republic 893,890,000,000.00 2019
3 Serbia 683,008,000,000.00 2019
4 Germany 567,386,000,000.00 2019
5 France 404,503,000,000.00 2019
6 Norway 378,327,000,000.00 2019
7 Turkey 351,883,000,000.00 2020
8 Poland 320,524,000,000.00 2019
9 Ukraine 278,952,000,000.00 2019
10 Italy 240,721,000,000.00 2019
11 United Kingdom 177,392,000,000.00 2019
12 Spain 160,028,000,000.00 2019
13 Sweden 156,014,000,000.00 2019
14 Romania 119,587,000,000.00 2019
15 Netherlands 111,544,000,000.00 2019
16 Iceland 97,423,480,000.00 2019
17 Albania 96,436,660,000.00 2019
18 Belgium 65,530,400,000.00 2019
19 North Macedonia 61,079,430,000.00 2019
20 Austria 59,510,540,000.00 2019
21 Croatia 47,365,550,000.00 2019
22 Switzerland 47,141,300,000.00 2019
23 Finland 28,541,000,000.00 2019
24 Greece 26,687,000,000.00 2019
25 Portugal 24,629,540,000.00 2019
26 Moldova 18,403,900,000.00 2019
27 Denmark 18,229,000,000.00 2019
28 Ireland 15,485,930,000.00 2019
29 Belarus 14,564,980,000.00 2019
30 Slovak Republic 14,262,270,000.00 2019
31 Bulgaria 10,613,560,000.00 2019
32 Luxembourg 7,701,506,000.00 2019
33 Slovenia 7,675,285,000.00 2019
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,345,659,000.00 2019
35 Lithuania 4,852,816,000.00 2019
36 Latvia 4,313,535,000.00 2019
37 Estonia 3,323,040,000.00 2019
38 Cyprus 2,391,200,000.00 2019
39 Malta 800,078,000.00 2019
40 San Marino 190,568,000.00 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