Netherlands - Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Netherlands was 34.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 41.43 in 1983, while its lowest value was 34.14 in 2005.

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.

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Year Value
1973 36.51
1974 37.87
1975 37.15
1976 36.05
1977 35.23
1978 35.78
1979 36.42
1980 36.14
1981 36.84
1982 38.16
1983 41.43
1984 40.03
1985 39.48
1986 37.84
1987 39.50
1988 40.18
1989 39.01
1990 35.47
1991 36.09
1992 37.24
1993 36.80
1994 40.59
1995 39.14
1996 37.47
1997 38.11
1998 38.11
1999 38.73
2000 38.70
2001 35.33
2002 35.10
2003 36.67
2004 36.79
2005 34.14
2006 34.83
2007 34.16
2008 35.17
2009 34.38
2010 34.96
2011 36.91
2012 38.87
2013 38.61
2014 38.38
2015 37.37
2016 38.29
2017 35.88
2018 36.16
2019 34.77

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