Tunisia - Social contributions (% of revenue)

Social contributions (% of revenue) in Tunisia was 25.46 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 25.46 in 2012, while its lowest value was 6.63 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 6.63
1973 7.39
1974 7.20
1975 8.92
1976 9.55
1977 8.90
1978 10.52
1979 10.33
1980 9.10
1981 8.76
1982 8.87
1983 8.35
1984 7.82
1985 7.18
1986 7.17
1987 8.76
1988 8.21
1989 10.60
1990 12.95
1991 12.12
1992 11.68
1993 11.35
1994 13.50
1995 14.93
1996 16.79
1997 16.78
1998 16.60
1999 16.83
2000 16.97
2001 16.92
2002 17.07
2003 18.64
2004 17.72
2005 17.47
2006 18.17
2007 18.14
2008 17.31
2009 20.19
2010 21.14
2011 24.44
2012 25.46

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance