France - Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in France was 18.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 21.91 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.46 in 1994.

Definition: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 18.28
1973 18.49
1974 17.77
1975 17.64
1976 17.52
1977 17.69
1978 17.10
1979 16.50
1980 20.66
1981 19.82
1982 19.38
1983 19.03
1984 18.82
1985 18.42
1986 17.92
1987 17.55
1988 17.10
1989 17.18
1990 17.16
1991 16.85
1992 16.68
1993 16.55
1994 16.46
1995 21.60
1996 21.83
1997 21.54
1998 21.88
1999 21.79
2000 21.91
2001 21.60
2002 21.32
2003 21.24
2004 21.03
2005 20.84
2006 20.51
2007 20.11
2008 19.56
2009 19.17
2010 18.47
2011 18.76
2012 18.59
2013 18.51
2014 18.43
2015 18.24
2016 18.19
2017 18.20
2018 18.29
2019 18.10

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance