Total social security accounts

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The social protection system covers risks and needs related to unforeseeable life events. Social insurances, as well the public authorities, guarantee the majority of social benefits in Switzerland. In 2016, they totalled CHF 170 billion, equal to 25.8% of the GDP. Benefits related to old age and sickness/health care are the largest in monetary terms. The same holds true at European level.

Expenditures for social benefits in % of GDP, in Switzerland and in the European Union (EU-28), 2015 and 2016

	2015	2016p
Switzerland	25.2%	25.8%
of which old age	10.6%	10.9%
of which sickness/health care	7.8%	8.0%
of which other risks or needs	6.8%	6.9%
EU-28	...	27.1%
of which old age	...	10.9%
of which sickness/health care	...	8.0%
of which other risks or needs	...	8.2%

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Source: Eurostat - European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) version 04.12.2018 & FSO - Total Social Security Accounts (TSSA), version 21.06.2018.

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Total social insurance accounts of the FSIO

The total social insurance accounts (GRSV) published by the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO) gives detailed information on expenditure and receipts for the nine main Swiss social insurances: AVS, AI, PC, PP, AMal, AA, APG, AC and AF. The GRSV and the Swiss Social Insurance Statistics allow analysis on a national level.

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