Germany - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Germany was 567,386,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 567,386,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 49,636,220,000 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 49,636,220,000
1973 58,905,940,000
1974 65,077,230,000
1975 71,171,830,000
1976 80,564,260,000
1977 86,367,430,000
1978 92,390,440,000
1979 99,441,160,000
1980 117,398,000,000
1981 126,857,000,000
1982 135,216,000,000
1983 138,115,000,000
1984 140,636,000,000
1985 147,794,000,000
1986 155,944,000,000
1987 162,110,000,000
1988 169,861,000,000
1989 177,945,000,000
1991 247,287,000,000
1992 271,613,000,000
1993 288,281,000,000
1994 309,458,000,000
1995 328,922,000,000
1996 344,326,000,000
1997 355,992,000,000
1998 359,030,000,000
1999 363,281,000,000
2000 364,043,000,000
2001 368,926,000,000
2002 374,147,000,000
2003 381,244,000,000
2004 380,892,000,000
2005 380,128,000,000
2006 383,836,000,000
2007 382,838,000,000
2008 390,031,000,000
2009 392,099,000,000
2010 402,316,000,000
2011 417,942,000,000
2012 429,995,000,000
2013 440,490,000,000
2014 456,875,000,000
2015 475,201,000,000
2016 497,421,000,000
2017 521,708,000,000
2018 543,905,000,000
2019 567,386,000,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Germany was 55.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 60.04 in 1997, while its lowest value was 46.62 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.

See also:

Year Value
1972 46.62
1973 47.56
1974 48.89
1975 50.99
1976 52.14
1977 51.30
1978 51.28
1979 51.50
1980 53.94
1981 54.95
1982 55.05
1983 54.71
1984 52.19
1985 52.16
1986 53.01
1987 53.62
1988 54.69
1989 52.88
1991 54.29
1992 53.62
1993 54.93
1994 55.07
1995 57.06
1996 59.29
1997 60.04
1998 59.53
1999 57.91
2000 57.09
2001 57.84
2002 58.29
2003 57.53
2004 59.02
2005 58.52
2006 57.20
2007 55.08
2008 54.67
2009 55.28
2010 55.54
2011 54.31
2012 54.41
2013 54.44
2014 54.35
2015 54.68
2016 55.32
2017 55.49
2018 55.42
2019 55.63

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance