Austria - Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Austria was 10.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 31.98 in 1972, while its lowest value was 9.75 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.

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Year Value
1972 31.98
1973 23.48
1974 23.19
1975 23.57
1976 24.00
1977 23.38
1978 22.64
1979 22.47
1980 22.21
1981 22.15
1982 21.81
1983 21.47
1984 21.35
1985 21.58
1986 21.41
1987 21.00
1988 20.10
1989 20.48
1990 10.15
1991 10.19
1992 10.07
1993 9.81
1994 9.75
1995 11.11
1996 10.93
1997 10.86
1998 10.76
1999 10.91
2000 10.75
2001 10.42
2002 10.33
2003 10.40
2004 9.83
2005 10.99
2006 11.08
2007 11.00
2008 10.97
2009 10.81
2010 10.99
2011 10.78
2012 10.67
2013 10.46
2014 10.20
2015 10.51
2016 10.72
2017 10.85
2018 10.88
2019 10.87

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