Germany - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Germany was 41,450,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,450,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 34,920,000,000 in 1995.

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.

Year Value
1995 34,920,000,000
1996 35,840,000,000
1997 35,670,000,000
1998 35,880,000,000
1999 36,590,000,000
2000 36,750,000,000
2001 36,960,000,000
2002 37,760,000,000
2003 38,080,000,000
2004 37,820,000,000
2005 37,960,000,000
2006 38,150,000,000
2007 38,360,000,000
2008 39,480,000,000
2009 41,450,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Germany was 5.45 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 5.85 in 1996, while its lowest value was 4.90 in 1995.

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
1995 4.90
1996 5.85
1997 5.80
1998 5.69
1999 5.67
2000 5.61
2001 5.56
2002 5.52
2003 5.43
2004 5.46
2005 5.42
2006 5.44
2007 5.45
2008 5.51
2009 5.45

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance