Korea - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Korea was 146,439,000,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 146,439,000,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4,000,000,000 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 4,000,000,000
1973 6,000,000,000
1974 8,000,000,000
1975 13,000,000,000
1976 20,000,000,000
1977 27,000,000,000
1978 41,000,000,000
1979 59,000,000,000
1980 73,000,000,000
1981 87,000,000,000
1982 110,000,000,000
1983 131,000,000,000
1984 158,000,000,000
1985 207,000,000,000
1986 248,000,000,000
1987 314,000,000,000
1988 863,000,000,000
1989 1,113,000,000,000
1990 1,510,000,000,000
1991 1,868,000,000,000
1992 2,495,000,000,000
1993 4,239,000,000,000
1994 4,672,000,000,000
1995 5,536,000,000,000
1996 7,551,000,000,000
1997 8,640,000,000,000
1998 10,642,900,000,000
1999 12,168,100,000,000
2000 17,921,900,000,000
2001 21,102,000,000,000
2002 23,498,800,000,000
2003 24,769,300,000,000
2004 27,720,700,000,000
2005 30,490,700,000,000
2006 33,319,100,000,000
2007 33,130,700,000,000
2008 39,033,300,000,000
2009 40,220,200,000,000
2010 42,813,700,000,000
2011 46,194,800,000,000
2012 90,421,800,000,000
2013 95,717,300,000,000
2014 102,600,000,000,000
2015 109,407,000,000,000
2016 117,732,000,000,000
2017 125,037,000,000,000
2018 134,461,000,000,000
2019 146,439,000,000,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Korea was 26.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 26.98 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.69 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 0.69
1973 0.89
1974 0.78
1975 0.84
1976 0.86
1977 0.92
1978 1.00
1979 1.10
1980 1.08
1981 1.02
1982 1.11
1983 1.15
1984 1.26
1985 1.51
1986 1.58
1987 1.70
1988 3.83
1989 4.36
1990 4.82
1991 5.20
1992 5.82
1993 8.51
1994 7.82
1995 7.81
1996 9.10
1997 9.52
1998 11.16
1999 11.48
2000 13.31
2001 14.87
2002 15.12
2003 14.72
2004 15.82
2005 16.17
2006 16.17
2007 14.04
2008 15.83
2009 16.38
2010 16.11
2011 16.07
2012 23.48
2013 24.39
2014 25.79
2015 26.31
2016 25.97
2017 25.79
2018 25.51
2019 26.98

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance