Social Security Funds; revenue and expenditure

Social Security Funds; revenue and expenditure

Periods Revenue Social contribution (billion EUR) Expenditure Benefits and medical expenses (billion EUR) Expenditure Purchases of goods and services (billion EUR)
2023 February** 6.5 10.6 0.3
2023 March** 7.3 12.2 0.2
2023 April** 7.7 10.9 0.1
2023 May** 9.6 13.1 0.1
2023 June** 14.7 11.7 0.3
2023 July** 7.5 11.9 0.3
2023 August** 7.3 12.9 0.2
2023 September** 7.4 12.4 0.2
2023 October* 7.6 11.3 0.2
2023 November* 8.0 12.9 0.2
2023 December* 8.2 11.4 0.1
2024 January* 10.8 11.7 0.3
Source: CBS.
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This table comprises data on monthly revenue, expenditure and the social security funds balance sheet. The data are directly retrieved from the accounting administration of the relevant government institutions. The figures are presented on a cash basis, and refer to the moment of payment as the criterion for the booking. Figures presented here are not directly comparable to the publications on National Accounts.
Publication of this table meets the requirements as laid down in the Directive EU 2011/85, part of the Enhanced Economic Governance package ('Sixpack') adopted by the European Council in 2011.

Figures available from: January 2014.

Status of the figures:
Figures for October, November, December 2023 and January 2024 are provisional. Figures for January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September 2023 are revised provisional and figures for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are final.

Changes as from 29 February 2024:
Figures for January 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
New monthly figures will be published one month after the month under review. With the publication of a new month, provisional figures of the previous month can be adjusted. The figures referring to the three months of a quarter will be revised at the end of the next quarter. Six months after the end of the year, figures will be set to 'definite'.

Description topics

Revenue
Revenue of social security funds.
Social contribution
Social contribution is subdivided into households 'social contributions and employers' social contributions.
'Households' contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes. For example, non-employed persons pay social contributions levied over their social benefits.
'Employers' contributions are paid by employers to social security schemes and other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees.
Expenditure
Expenditure by social security funds.
Benefits and medical expenses
Expenditure in cash or in-kind, allocated to households to alleviate the financial burden as a consequence of certain risks and needs (e.g. sickness, invalidity, disability, old age, survivors and unemployment).
Purchases of goods and services
All products purchased in the accounting year.