World Bank · Public Sector
Germany: Social contributions (current LCU)
719.67Bcurrent LCU · 2024+57.5% since 2014
Social contributions are actual or imputed contributions payable to social insurance schemes to make provisions for social benefits to be paid. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Germany from 1972 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current LCU) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 719,667,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 675,313,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 633,542,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 600,181,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 577,003,000,000 | |
| 2019 | 568,065,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 543,891,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 521,682,000,000 | |
| 2016 | 497,400,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 475,204,000,000 | |
| 2014 | 456,877,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 440,491,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 429,997,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 417,944,000,000 | |
| 2010 | 402,315,000,000 | |
| 2009 | 392,098,000,000 | |
| 2008 | 390,029,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 382,840,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 383,834,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 380,131,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 380,895,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 381,244,000,000 | |
| 2002 | 374,147,000,000 | |
| 2001 | 368,925,000,000 | |
| 2000 | 364,043,000,000 | |
| 1999 | 363,282,000,000 | |
| 1998 | 359,028,000,000 | |
| 1997 | 355,990,000,000 | |
| 1996 | 344,325,000,000 | |
| 1995 | 328,923,000,000 | |
| 1994 | 309,458,000,000 | |
| 1993 | 288,281,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 271,613,000,000 | |
| 1991 | 247,287,000,000 | |
| 1989 | 177,944,913,412.72 | |
| 1988 | 169,861,388,771.008 | |
| 1987 | 162,110,203,852.073 | |
| 1986 | 155,944,023,764.847 | |
| 1985 | 147,794,031,178.579 | |
| 1984 | 140,635,944,841.832 | |
| 1983 | 138,115,275,867.535 | |
| 1982 | 135,216,250,901.152 | |
| 1981 | 126,856,628,643.594 | |
| 1980 | 117,397,728,841.464 | |
| 1979 | 99,441,157,973.853 | |
| 1978 | 92,390,442,932.157 | |
| 1977 | 86,367,424,571.665 | |
| 1976 | 80,564,261,720.088 | |
| 1975 | 71,171,829,862.514 | |
| 1974 | 65,077,230,638.655 | |
| 1973 | 58,905,937,632.616 | |
| 1972 | 49,636,215,826.529 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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World Bank (2026). Social contributions (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-social-contributions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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