North America - Social contributions

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in North America was 38.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 38.46 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.60 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 23.60
1973 24.98
1974 26.20
1975 28.11
1976 28.27
1977 27.88
1978 28.26
1979 27.72
1980 28.22
1981 28.00
1982 29.85
1983 31.31
1984 32.69
1985 32.90
1986 33.92
1987 32.82
1988 34.23
1989 33.91
1990 26.10
1991 26.27
1992 28.04
1993 27.91
1994 28.37
1995 27.55
1996 26.70
1997 25.92
1998 25.64
1999 25.73
2000 25.06
2001 27.65
2002 30.40
2003 30.89
2004 30.41
2005 28.96
2006 28.00
2007 28.04
2008 29.42
2009 32.56
2010 31.16
2011 28.64
2012 28.83
2013 29.10
2014 28.89
2015 28.74
2016 29.11
2017 27.75
2018 29.25
2019 29.49
2020 38.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance