The French public budget › Social Security · revenue in 2025
VAT share assigned to social security
The tax included in the price of almost everything people buy; the State keeps part of it and passes the rest to Social Security and local authorities.
57.4bn€
received in 2025 by Social Security
Year by year, 2010 to 2025
8.7 bn€ in 2010 · 57.8 bn€ in 2024 (the highest) · 57.4 bn€ in 2025
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Who else receives this money, in 2025
Of 208.8 bn€ in all: 27% for Social Security.
The State and its agencies98.7bn€47%
Local authorities52.8bn€25%
Source: Eurostat, government accounts 2025 ↗.