Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece
Greece: Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue was 0.1629 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.1629 for social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue in 2020.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece peaked at 0.2604 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1546, in 2002.
Greece ranks 25th of 77 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1705 | — |
| 1996 | 0.1694 | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.184 | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1892 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1715 | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1664 | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1651 | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1546 | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1591 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1744 | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 0.173 | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.179 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.178 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1951 | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2244 | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2109 | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2353 | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2461 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2394 | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2596 | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2604 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2541 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2035 | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1862 | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 0.167 | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1629 | -2.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.1629 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0767, 2.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.1629 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0392, 4.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1769 | 0.1694 | 0.1892 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1769 | 0.1546 | 0.2244 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2262 | 0.167 | 0.2604 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1629 | 0.1629 | 0.1629 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More public sector data for Greece
- Arms imports 623.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 59.87 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 54.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 623.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 770.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0313 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 8.02 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 3,134 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece?
- Social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue in Greece was 0.1629 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2604 in 2015.
- What is the lowest social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1546 in 2002.
- How does Greece rank for social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue?
- Greece ranks 25th out of 77 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social contributions, ratio of this level of government's revenue rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.