Egypt - Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Egypt was 27.20 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 29.93 in 2003, while its lowest value was 17.43 in 1992.

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
1975 19.45
1976 21.82
1977 22.73
1978 24.71
1979 20.21
1981 20.93
1982 19.32
1983 22.24
1984 22.15
1985 23.99
1986 22.53
1987 24.02
1988 23.35
1989 25.27
1990 26.56
1991 23.43
1992 17.43
1993 20.26
1994 20.67
1995 22.03
1996 22.73
1997 23.86
2002 29.85
2003 29.93
2004 28.84
2005 28.48
2006 23.35
2007 24.14
2008 23.40
2009 24.55
2010 24.80
2011 24.34
2012 25.90
2013 24.21
2014 25.79
2015 27.20

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