Belgium - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Belgium was 65,530,400,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,530,400,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 31,148,500,000 in 1995.

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
1995 31,148,500,000
1996 31,868,100,000
1997 32,970,800,000
1998 34,311,800,000
1999 35,528,800,000
2000 36,475,900,000
2001 38,023,200,000
2002 39,880,000,000
2003 40,589,900,000
2004 41,808,300,000
2005 42,962,400,000
2006 44,941,800,000
2007 47,749,800,000
2008 50,460,700,000
2009 51,531,000,000
2010 52,610,000,000
2011 55,181,500,000
2012 57,429,900,000
2013 58,841,100,000
2014 59,627,200,000
2015 61,063,300,000
2016 60,235,800,000
2017 62,004,500,000
2018 63,452,800,000
2019 65,530,400,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Belgium was 36.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 37.25 in 2009, while its lowest value was 33.42 in 2000.

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
1995 35.63
1996 35.33
1997 34.62
1998 34.36
1999 34.34
2000 33.42
2001 33.80
2002 35.13
2003 35.51
2004 34.69
2005 34.18
2006 34.29
2007 34.92
2008 35.04
2009 37.25
2010 35.83
2011 35.56
2012 35.07
2013 34.87
2014 34.65
2015 36.15
2016 36.44
2017 35.82
2018 34.79
2019 36.28

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance