Germany - Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Germany was 57,268,880,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57,268,880,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 11,846,630,000 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 11,846,630,000
1973 13,431,640,000
1974 15,359,210,000
1975 16,386,910,000
1976 16,928,870,000
1977 17,752,050,000
1978 18,611,020,000
1979 19,562,030,000
1980 21,177,710,000
1981 22,450,830,000
1982 22,905,880,000
1983 23,514,310,000
1984 23,836,430,000
1985 24,674,950,000
1986 25,692,420,000
1987 26,679,210,000
1988 27,328,550,000
1989 28,207,970,000
1990 29,644,700,000
1991 31,679,000,000
1992 34,192,000,000
1993 35,128,000,000
1994 35,717,000,000
1995 35,460,140,000
1996 36,298,770,000
1997 36,215,160,000
1998 36,423,600,000
1999 37,411,270,000
2000 37,486,930,000
2001 37,808,550,000
2002 38,704,730,000
2003 39,095,780,000
2004 38,742,490,000
2005 38,995,440,000
2006 39,266,970,000
2007 39,506,070,000
2008 41,107,450,000
2009 43,091,290,000
2010 44,389,860,000
2011 44,798,140,000
2012 45,578,660,000
2013 46,679,940,000
2014 47,739,970,000
2015 49,087,070,000
2016 50,565,760,000
2017 52,861,340,000
2018 54,730,130,000
2019 57,268,880,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance