Denmark - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Denmark was 18,229,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,944,000,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 987,000,000 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.

Year Value
1972 2,717,000,000
1973 987,000,000
1974 1,101,000,000
1975 1,228,000,000
1976 1,387,000,000
1977 1,613,000,000
1978 1,796,000,000
1979 2,335,000,000
1980 3,018,000,000
1981 3,957,000,000
1982 5,833,000,000
1983 9,197,000,000
1984 10,447,000,000
1985 11,436,000,000
1986 10,276,000,000
1987 13,334,000,000
1988 9,828,000,000
1989 10,535,000,000
1990 11,946,000,000
1991 12,203,000,000
1992 13,218,000,000
1993 14,157,000,000
1994 15,237,000,000
1995 13,814,000,000
1996 14,415,000,000
1997 15,065,000,000
1998 15,224,000,000
1999 24,463,000,000
2000 27,944,000,000
2001 27,844,000,000
2002 21,154,000,000
2003 21,372,000,000
2004 21,539,000,000
2005 21,653,000,000
2006 21,558,000,000
2007 21,265,000,000
2008 21,110,000,000
2009 20,795,000,000
2010 21,985,000,000
2011 22,570,000,000
2012 20,986,000,000
2013 19,045,000,000
2014 18,808,000,000
2015 18,745,000,000
2016 18,529,000,000
2017 18,370,000,000
2018 18,187,000,000
2019 18,229,000,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Denmark was 1.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 5.47 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.64 in 1974.

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 5.07
1973 1.68
1974 1.64
1975 1.72
1976 1.67
1977 1.76
1978 1.68
1979 1.91
1980 2.23
1981 2.67
1982 3.51
1983 4.79
1984 4.68
1985 4.55
1986 3.63
1987 4.53
1988 3.21
1989 3.34
1990 3.75
1991 3.80
1992 3.84
1993 3.89
1994 3.90
1995 3.46
1996 3.39
1997 3.42
1998 3.33
1999 5.08
2000 5.47
2001 5.42
2002 4.07
2003 4.05
2004 3.71
2005 3.41
2006 3.31
2007 2.97
2008 2.92
2009 3.05
2010 3.05
2011 3.02
2012 2.73
2013 2.43
2014 2.22
2015 2.33
2016 2.27
2017 2.15
2018 2.12
2019 1.97

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance