Updated information (as of January 2020) on social protection systems in all EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – including brief descriptions of their organisation and information on the social protection of the self-employed – is now available in English, French and German on the MISSOC website.

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For this update, the information in Table I - Financing has been extensively revised to ensure completeness and consistency of information across countries.

Background

MISSOC (Mutual Information System on Social Protection) is an important online source of up-to-date comparable information on social protection systems in European countries.

The information comes from a network of officials from national ministries and institutions responsible for administering social protection which is coordinated by the MISSOC Secretariat on behalf of the European Commission.

Please do not hesitate to contact the MISSOC Secretariat if you have questions on the information stored in the tables or any suggestions.