United Kingdom - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 177,392,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 177,392,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3,327,000,000 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 3,327,000,000
1973 3,926,000,000
1974 4,988,000,000
1975 6,526,000,000
1976 8,214,000,000
1977 8,736,000,000
1978 9,378,000,000
1979 10,450,000,000
1980 12,670,000,000
1981 14,008,000,000
1982 17,464,000,000
1983 19,098,000,000
1984 20,554,000,000
1985 22,406,000,000
1986 24,642,000,000
1987 33,232,000,000
1988 36,691,000,000
1989 39,207,000,000
1990 40,687,000,000
1991 43,361,000,000
1992 44,847,000,000
1993 47,150,000,000
1994 49,759,000,000
1995 52,183,000,000
1996 55,370,000,000
1997 59,615,000,000
1998 62,555,000,000
1999 67,273,000,000
2000 71,931,000,000
2001 76,191,000,000
2002 77,657,000,000
2003 86,637,000,000
2004 94,962,000,000
2005 102,185,000,000
2006 107,718,000,000
2007 112,552,000,000
2008 118,441,000,000
2009 116,095,000,000
2010 119,432,000,000
2011 123,587,000,000
2012 126,411,000,000
2013 129,375,000,000
2014 133,103,000,000
2015 140,074,000,000
2016 149,053,000,000
2017 158,164,000,000
2018 163,624,000,000
2019 177,392,000,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in United Kingdom was 22.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 22.62 in 2019, while its lowest value was 15.16 in 1981.

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 15.63
1973 16.97
1974 16.95
1975 17.34
1976 18.61
1977 17.42
1978 17.05
1979 16.25
1980 15.48
1981 15.16
1982 16.26
1983 16.85
1984 16.94
1985 16.71
1986 17.59
1987 22.17
1988 21.98
1989 21.80
1990 20.09
1991 19.84
1992 20.38
1993 21.52
1994 20.97
1995 19.82
1996 19.86
1997 20.04
1998 19.30
1999 19.56
2000 19.39
2001 19.91
2002 20.05
2003 21.19
2004 21.29
2005 20.98
2006 21.18
2007 20.87
2008 20.90
2009 22.44
2010 21.68
2011 21.43
2012 21.17
2013 20.77
2014 20.90
2015 21.19
2016 21.39
2017 21.53
2018 21.57
2019 22.62

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance