Costa Rica - Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Costa Rica was 33.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 36.05 in 2014, while its lowest value was 12.96 in 1973.

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:

Year Value
1972 13.49
1973 12.96
1974 15.92
1975 21.12
1976 21.92
1977 16.40
1978 23.30
1979 28.96
1980 28.86
1981 25.22
1982 23.14
1983 25.15
1984 23.83
1985 26.48
1986 24.65
1987 28.08
1988 26.94
1989 29.64
1990 29.80
1991 29.69
1992 27.50
1993 29.48
1994 31.96
1995 28.15
1996 29.49
1997 30.90
1998 29.73
1999 31.34
2000 33.36
2001 33.18
2002 33.28
2003 32.34
2004 31.90
2005 31.85
2006 30.51
2007 29.98
2008 30.77
2009 33.57
2010 35.39
2011 35.66
2012 35.58
2013 35.55
2014 36.05
2015 34.52
2016 34.57
2017 36.00
2018 33.85
2019 33.78

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.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance