Social contributions (% of revenue) in Honduras
Honduras: Social contributions (% of revenue) was 18.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Social contributions in Honduras, 1972–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 18.4% for social contributions in 2020. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social contributions in Honduras peaked at 18.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 1972.
That places Honduras 48th out of 112 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Social contributions (% of revenue) in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3.0% | — |
| 1973 | 5.4% | +81.2% |
| 1974 | 6.5% | +21.8% |
| 1975 | 6.6% | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 6.0% | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | +98.8% |
| 2004 | 11.5% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 10.8% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 14.4% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 18.4% | +45.3% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 18.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.2%, 5.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 18.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11.0%, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Social contributions (% of revenue) in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +98.8% | 6.0% | 11.9% |
| 1973 | +81.2% | 3.0% | 5.4% |
| 2020 | +45.3% | 12.6% | 18.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.5% | 3.0% | 6.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 11.5% | 10.6% | 13.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.6% | 14.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is social contributions in Honduras?
- Social contributions in Honduras was 18.4% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest social contributions recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest social contributions recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 1972.
- How does Honduras rank for social contributions?
- Honduras ranks 48th out of 112 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social contributions rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Social contributions (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.