Costa Rica - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 3,272,030,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,272,030,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 170,000,000 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 170,000,000
1973 210,000,000
1974 390,000,000
1975 640,000,000
1976 800,000,000
1977 720,000,000
1978 1,340,000,000
1979 1,830,000,000
1980 2,130,000,000
1981 2,570,000,000
1982 3,940,000,000
1983 7,070,000,000
1984 8,670,000,000
1985 10,860,000,000
1986 13,450,000,000
1987 19,680,000,000
1988 23,630,000,000
1989 30,840,000,000
1990 35,970,000,000
1991 48,260,000,000
1992 61,930,000,000
1993 81,920,000,000
1994 104,240,000,000
1995 120,310,000,000
1996 148,470,000,000
1997 189,600,000,000
1998 219,930,000,000
1999 283,010,000,000
2000 343,640,000,000
2001 399,300,000,000
2002 456,090,000,000
2003 510,700,000,000
2004 580,428,000,000
2005 697,260,000,000
2006 839,300,000,000
2007 1,006,400,000,000
2008 1,220,620,000,000
2009 1,391,890,000,000
2010 1,604,620,000,000
2011 1,800,540,000,000
2012 1,980,170,000,000
2013 2,136,840,000,000
2014 2,332,190,000,000
2015 2,527,790,000,000
2016 2,769,640,000,000
2017 2,883,990,000,000
2018 3,119,220,000,000
2019 3,272,030,000,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Costa Rica was 33.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 36.05 in 2014, while its lowest value was 12.96 in 1973.

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 13.49
1973 12.96
1974 15.92
1975 21.12
1976 21.92
1977 16.40
1978 23.30
1979 28.96
1980 28.86
1981 25.22
1982 23.14
1983 25.15
1984 23.83
1985 26.48
1986 24.65
1987 28.08
1988 26.94
1989 29.64
1990 29.80
1991 29.69
1992 27.50
1993 29.48
1994 31.96
1995 28.15
1996 29.49
1997 30.90
1998 29.73
1999 31.34
2000 33.36
2001 33.18
2002 33.28
2003 32.34
2004 31.90
2005 31.85
2006 30.51
2007 29.98
2008 30.77
2009 33.57
2010 35.39
2011 35.66
2012 35.58
2013 35.55
2014 36.05
2015 34.52
2016 34.57
2017 36.00
2018 33.85
2019 33.78

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance