Switzerland - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Switzerland was 47,141,300,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47,141,300,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 6,517,000,000 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 6,517,000,000
1973 9,353,000,000
1974 10,976,000,000
1975 12,017,000,000
1976 12,885,000,000
1977 13,681,000,000
1978 14,519,000,000
1979 15,143,000,000
1980 16,077,000,000
1981 17,338,000,000
1982 18,682,000,000
1983 20,048,000,000
1984 21,751,000,000
1985 23,368,000,000
1986 24,671,000,000
1987 26,014,000,000
1988 27,964,000,000
1989 30,166,000,000
1990 19,958,800,000
1991 21,535,840,000
1992 22,438,280,000
1993 25,831,590,000
1994 25,803,220,000
1995 28,030,170,000
1996 28,386,440,000
1997 28,750,360,000
1998 28,367,370,000
1999 29,497,770,000
2000 30,884,820,000
2001 32,593,480,000
2002 33,282,970,000
2003 32,459,230,000
2004 31,668,610,000
2005 32,240,760,000
2006 33,294,130,000
2007 34,905,420,000
2008 36,865,480,000
2009 38,153,810,000
2010 38,330,310,000
2011 40,961,620,000
2012 41,861,560,000
2013 42,786,250,000
2014 43,447,220,000
2015 44,189,320,000
2016 44,684,450,000
2017 45,171,180,000
2018 46,001,640,000
2019 47,141,300,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Switzerland was 36.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 47.65 in 1983, while its lowest value was 34.71 in 2008.

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 36.35
1973 43.11
1974 44.23
1975 46.11
1976 44.33
1977 46.17
1978 46.06
1979 47.16
1980 46.49
1981 46.87
1982 46.57
1983 47.65
1984 47.63
1990 36.52
1991 37.70
1992 37.57
1993 41.51
1994 39.32
1995 40.62
1996 39.91
1997 39.91
1998 36.74
1999 37.98
2000 35.43
2001 38.29
2002 38.98
2003 37.99
2004 36.57
2005 35.70
2006 34.95
2007 35.05
2008 34.71
2009 36.61
2010 35.85
2011 37.16
2012 37.78
2013 37.53
2014 37.99
2015 37.17
2016 37.51
2017 36.10
2018 36.44
2019 36.47

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance