High income - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in High income was 16.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 16.57 in 1974, while its lowest value was 10.44 in 1991.

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
1974 16.57
1977 15.69
1978 15.74
1979 15.15
1980 13.94
1981 13.79
1982 13.76
1983 13.02
1984 12.83
1986 12.76
1987 14.08
1988 14.48
1990 13.19
1991 10.44
1992 11.87
1993 11.44
1994 11.28
1995 14.40
1996 14.37
1997 14.38
1998 14.11
1999 13.35
2000 12.93
2001 14.46
2002 14.65
2003 14.86
2004 15.24
2005 15.52
2006 15.30
2007 15.15
2008 14.54
2009 14.23
2010 14.13
2011 14.13
2012 15.21
2013 15.69
2014 15.71
2015 15.53
2016 15.35
2017 15.57
2018 15.86
2019 16.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance