Ireland - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Ireland was 16,547,850,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,056,830,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 3,015,760,000 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 3,015,760,000
1996 3,148,960,000
1997 3,352,470,000
1998 3,621,470,000
1999 3,776,030,000
2000 4,115,550,000
2001 4,612,540,000
2002 5,165,470,000
2003 5,653,910,000
2004 6,186,180,000
2005 13,147,640,000
2006 14,583,470,000
2007 15,989,310,000
2008 17,056,830,000
2009 16,547,850,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Ireland was 23.31 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 26.49 in 2006, while its lowest value was 13.39 in 2002.

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 15.13
1996 15.13
1997 14.86
1998 14.89
1999 13.66
2000 14.10
2001 13.41
2002 13.39
2003 13.61
2004 13.85
2005 26.29
2006 26.49
2007 25.99
2008 25.11
2009 23.31

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance