Samoa - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Samoa was 12,439,350 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 7 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,439,350 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9,258,422 in 2012.

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
2012 9,258,422
2013 9,779,560
2014 9,983,170
2015 10,407,710
2016 11,474,530
2017 11,549,490
2018 11,593,460
2019 12,439,350

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Samoa was 1.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 1.75 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1.48 in 2019.

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
2012 1.75
2013 1.75
2014 1.58
2015 1.70
2016 1.68
2017 1.61
2018 1.53
2019 1.48

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance