Social security contribution as a percentage of GDP
Social security contribution as a percentage of GDP
Country/Region
|
1985
|
1986
|
1987
|
1988
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
13.8
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
14.3
|
14.8
|
15.0
|
Belgium
|
15.7
|
15.9
|
16.2
|
15.8
|
15.4
|
15.6
|
15.6
|
15.8
|
16.1
|
15.5
|
Denmark
|
1.9
|
1.5
|
1.9
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
USA
|
8.6
|
8.6
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
8.6
|
8.8
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
6.9
|
7.0
|
Finland
|
3.4
|
3.5
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.0
|
2.8
|
11.3
|
10.9
|
12.0
|
12.1
|
France
|
19.3
|
18.8
|
19.1
|
19.0
|
19.2
|
19.3
|
19.2
|
19.4
|
19.6
|
19.1
|
Greece
|
12.5
|
12.0
|
11.6
|
10.8
|
10.5
|
10.4
|
12.4
|
12.7
|
13.9
|
14.7
|
The Netherlands
|
19.9
|
19.6
|
20.7
|
20.5
|
18.9
|
16.9
|
17.6
|
18.2
|
18.2
|
19.3
|
Ireland
|
5.6
|
5.5
|
5.4
|
5.7
|
5.4
|
5.5
|
5.4
|
5.5
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
Japan
|
8.4
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
8.6
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.4
|
9.8
|
9.8
|
Canada
|
4.5
|
4.7
|
4.7
|
4.7
|
4.7
|
5.3
|
5.7
|
6.0
|
5.9
|
6.1
|
Luxembourg
|
12.6
|
12.4
|
14.0
|
13.7
|
13.4
|
13.9
|
12.1
|
12.6
|
12.4
|
12.0
|
Great Britain
|
6.7
|
6.9
|
6.7
|
6.9
|
6.6
|
6.4
|
6.2
|
6.3
|
6.0
|
6.1
|
Norway
|
9.8
|
11.1
|
11.3
|
12.2
|
12.5
|
12.1
|
10.9
|
11.0
|
10.1
|
9.9
|
FRG
|
13.9
|
14.0
|
14.2
|
14:1
|
13.9
|
13.9
|
14.7a)
|
15.0a)
|
15.2a)
|
15.4a)
|
Italy
|
11.9
|
12.4
|
12.4
|
12.3
|
12.5
|
12.9
|
13.1
|
13.3
|
13.8
|
13.0
|
Portugal
|
8.2
|
8.9
|
8.9
|
9.3
|
9.2
|
9,6
|
8.6
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
8.7
|
Spain
|
11.9
|
11.7
|
11.8
|
11.6
|
12.0
|
12.2
|
12.4
|
13.2
|
13.2
|
13.8
|
Switzerland
|
10.3
|
10.2
|
10.3
|
10..4
|
10.4
|
10.4
|
10.7
|
11.0
|
12.4
|
12.4
|
Sweden
|
12.5
|
13.3
|
13.5
|
13.9
|
14.6
|
15.7
|
15.6
|
15.0
|
13.7
|
13.9
|
Turkey
|
2.8
|
3.1
|
3.8
|
3.4
|
4.5
|
5.5
|
4.1
|
4.6
|
4.5
|
3.5
|
OECD Countries in total
|
8.9
|
9.0
|
9.2
|
9.2
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.5
|
9.7
|
10.2
|
10.2
|
European OECD countries
|
10.2
|
10.3
|
10.5
|
10.5
|
10.4
|
10.5
|
11.1
|
11.3
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
EEC countries
|
11.7
|
11.6
|
11.9
|
11.8
|
11.5
|
11.5
|
12.0b)
|
12.1b)
|
12.3b)
|
12.4b)
|
Czech Rep
|
-
|
-
|
18.3
|
18.9
| ||||||
Poland
|
11.7
|
11.3
|
12.4
|
12.8
| ||||||
Hungary
|
13.5
|
14.7
|
14.9
|
14.1
|
a)Germany; b)European Union (15 countries)
