Annex A Tables

Table 23: Social Contributions as % of GDP - Total

(2)
Difference(1) Ranking Revenue
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1995 to 2010 2000 to 2010 2010 2010
BE 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.2 14.2 13.9 14.1 14.4 14.3 13.9 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.9 14.5 14.2 -0.1 0.3 6 50 485
BG 9.6 8.2 8.1 9.2 9.8 10.8 9.8 9.6 10.3 10.2 9.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.1 -2.6 -3.8 23 2 541
CZ 14.6 14.6 15.0 14.8 14.9 15.0 14.9 15.4 15.6 15.4 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.5 14.9 15.3 0.6 0.3 3 22 802
DK 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 27 2 375
DE 16.9 17.4 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.1 16.9 16.9 17.0 16.7 16.4 16.0 15.2 15.2 15.8 15.5 -1.3 -1.5 2 384 690
EE 12.3 11.6 11.3 11.2 11.1 10.9 10.7 11.0 10.6 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.5 11.6 13.1 13.1 0.8 2.2 9 1 879
IE 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.8 0.9 1.5 26 9 103
(3)
EL 9.3 9.6 9.9 10.3 10.2 10.5 10.6 11.6 11.7 11.2 11.3 10.7 11.2 11.2 10.4 10.9 1.5 0.4 15 24 736
ES 11.8 12.0 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.1 12.2 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.3 0.6 0.3 11 129 741
FR 18.6 18.7 18.2 16.1 16.3 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.4 16.2 16.4 16.5 16.3 16.3 16.8 16.7 -1.9 0.6 1 322 706
IT 12.5 14.1 14.4 12.2 11.8 11.9 11.8 11.9 12.1 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.8 13.4 13.6 13.4 0.9 1.5 8 208 318
CY 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.8 8.3 7.8 7.5 7.8 8.7 9.0 2.4 2.3 19 1 552
LV 12.0 10.8 10.6 10.8 10.7 10.0 9.3 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.5 8.4 -3.6 -1.6 21 1 511
LT 7.2 7.6 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.3 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.5 8.9 11.6 10.4 3.2 1.1 17 2 856
LU 9.8 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.1 10.1 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.9 10.1 11.3 10.8 1.0 0.8 16 4 361
HU 14.8 13.8 14.0 13.8 13.2 13.3 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.3 12.5 12.6 13.8 13.7 13.2 12.0 -2.8 -1.2 13 11 691
MT 6.1 6.3 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 -0.1 -0.4 25 371
NL 15.9 15.2 15.1 15.0 15.5 15.4 13.7 13.3 13.8 13.9 12.9 14.0 13.5 14.5 13.9 14.1 -1.8 -1.4 7 82 785
AT 14.9 14.9 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.8 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.1 14.3 14.9 14.6 -0.2 -0.1 5 41 907
PL 11.3 11.6 11.7 11.6 13.7 12.9 13.4 12.9 12.8 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.0 11.3 11.3 11.1 -0.2 -1.8 14 39 298
PT 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.8 9.0 9.0 1.2 1.0 18 15 530
RO 7.6 7.3 7.0 9.2 11.0 11.1 10.9 10.7 9.4 9.1 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.3 9.4 8.8 1.2 -2.3 20 10 702
SI 16.7 14.9 14.2 14.3 14.0 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.0 13.7 14.0 15.0 15.2 -1.5 1.0 4 5 397
SK 15.0 15.9 15.0 14.9 14.0 14.1 14.3 14.6 13.8 13.1 12.6 11.7 11.7 12.0 12.7 12.3 -2.7 -1.9 12 8 092
FI 14.1 13.6 12.8 12.6 12.6 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.8 11.7 12.0 12.2 11.9 12.0 12.7 12.5 -1.5 0.6 10 22 604
SE 12.3 13.2 13.0 13.0 11.4 12.5 12.2 11.3 10.9 10.6 10.3 9.3 9.3 8.4 8.1 8.3 -4.0 -4.2 22 28 676
UK 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.7 0.6 0.5 24 113 478
NO 9.8 9.6 9.6 10.3 10.1 8.9 9.2 9.9 9.8 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.9 8.8 10.0 9.7 -0.2 0.7 30 423
IS 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.8 3.1 4.1 1.7 1.3 393

EU-27 averages 1 550 185

weighted 13.8 14.0 13.7 13.0 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.5 12.9 12.7 -1.1 0.0
arithmetic 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.7 11.1 10.9 -0.3 -0.2

EA-17 averages 1 314 256

weighted 15.4 15.8 15.7 14.8 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.3 14.5 14.3 14.2 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.5 14.3 -1.1 -0.2
arithmetic 12.2 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.7 12.2 12.1 -0.1 0.4

EU-25 averages
weighted 13.8 14.0 13.8 13.0 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.6 12.9 12.7 -1.1 0.0
arithmetic 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.3 11.2 -0.3 0.0
(1) In percentage points
(2) In millions of euro
(3) Data for Greece is provisional for years 2003-2010
See explanatory notes in Annex B
Source: Eurostat (online data code gov_a_tax_ag)
Date of extraction: 13/01/2012

202 Taxation trends in the European Union