Denmark - Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Denmark was 96,320,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96,320,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9,719,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 9,719,000,000
1973 10,613,000,000
1974 12,721,000,000
1975 14,763,000,000
1976 15,184,000,000
1977 16,330,000,000
1978 17,766,000,000
1979 19,477,000,000
1980 19,881,000,000
1981 22,839,000,000
1982 26,227,000,000
1983 28,479,000,000
1984 29,850,000,000
1985 31,134,000,000
1986 31,324,000,000
1987 33,939,000,000
1988 37,255,000,000
1989 38,699,000,000
1990 39,261,000,000
1991 39,180,000,000
1992 40,554,000,000
1993 43,131,000,000
1994 45,782,000,000
1995 45,210,000,000
1996 46,097,000,000
1997 46,944,000,000
1998 48,664,000,000
1999 52,547,000,000
2000 53,223,000,000
2001 55,202,000,000
2002 57,850,000,000
2003 58,037,000,000
2004 59,337,000,000
2005 59,228,000,000
2006 61,624,000,000
2007 71,642,000,000
2008 75,749,000,000
2009 80,454,000,000
2010 84,535,000,000
2011 84,619,000,000
2012 86,215,000,000
2013 87,361,000,000
2014 87,996,000,000
2015 89,174,000,000
2016 89,351,000,000
2017 89,888,000,000
2018 93,575,000,000
2019 96,320,000,000

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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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance