Trinidad and Tobago - Social contributions

Social contributions (current LCU)

The value for Social contributions (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 4,730,300,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,730,300,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 51,800,000 in 1976.

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
1976 51,800,000
1977 59,300,000
1978 63,500,000
1979 64,300,000
1980 62,800,000
1981 145,800,000
2001 789,200,000
2002 833,000,000
2003 905,600,000
2004 1,019,600,000
2005 1,246,000,000
2006 1,437,000,000
2007 1,667,100,000
2008 2,207,100,000
2009 2,608,400,000
2010 2,702,200,000
2012 2,981,600,000
2013 3,436,900,000
2014 3,823,000,000
2015 4,302,200,000
2016 4,398,400,000
2017 4,398,400,000
2018 4,730,300,000

Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Trinidad and Tobago was 9.89 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 9.89 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.97 in 1980.

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
1976 2.21
1977 1.95
1978 2.01
1979 1.56
1980 0.97
1981 2.02
2001 5.28
2002 5.69
2003 4.97
2004 4.66
2005 4.04
2006 3.56
2007 4.00
2008 3.74
2009 6.27
2010 5.81
2012 5.71
2013 6.12
2014 6.15
2015 7.00
2016 9.43
2017 9.43
2018 9.89

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance