Ireland - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Ireland was 15,485,930,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,485,930,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 78,723,760 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 78,723,760
1973 102,848,800
1974 139,671,200
1975 209,506,800
1976 272,993,700
1977 325,053,000
1978 369,493,800
1979 446,947,800
1980 576,461,100
1981 713,592,800
1982 935,797,000
1983 1,071,659,000
1984 1,187,205,000
1985 1,267,199,000
1986 1,324,337,000
1987 1,401,791,000
1988 1,564,317,000
1989 1,651,929,000
1990 1,803,028,000
1991 1,942,699,000
1992 2,105,226,000
1993 2,289,338,000
1994 2,392,187,000
1995 2,967,366,000
1996 3,044,888,000
1997 3,280,623,000
1998 3,573,773,000
1999 4,033,031,000
2000 4,757,898,000
2001 5,424,575,000
2002 5,967,607,000
2003 6,392,965,000
2004 7,085,552,000
2005 8,372,570,000
2006 9,165,765,000
2007 10,264,420,000
2008 10,515,260,000
2009 9,926,204,000
2010 9,211,161,000
2011 10,555,470,000
2012 10,233,830,000
2013 10,699,510,000
2014 11,464,030,000
2015 11,987,100,000
2016 12,811,870,000
2017 13,558,410,000
2018 14,579,610,000
2019 15,485,930,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Ireland was 18.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 19.29 in 2011, while its lowest value was 8.92 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 8.92
1973 9.62
1974 11.51
1975 13.65
1976 13.20
1977 13.24
1978 12.90
1979 12.90
1980 12.79
1981 12.69
1982 13.14
1983 12.95
1984 13.01
1985 13.01
1986 13.10
1987 12.82
1988 13.31
1989 14.00
1990 14.08
1991 14.06
1992 14.26
1993 14.35
1994 13.98
1995 15.43
1996 14.39
1997 13.75
1998 13.30
1999 13.09
2000 13.31
2001 14.44
2002 14.76
2003 14.61
2004 14.56
2005 15.27
2006 14.68
2007 15.68
2008 17.59
2009 18.96
2010 17.78
2011 19.29
2012 18.10
2013 18.24
2014 18.06
2015 17.54
2016 18.07
2017 18.33
2018 18.26
2019 18.30

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance