Iceland - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Iceland was 247,778,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 247,778,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 45,200,000 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 45,200,000
1973 66,100,000
1974 104,300,000
1975 139,500,000
1976 182,600,000
1977 282,800,000
1978 469,500,000
1979 689,700,000
1980 1,091,100,000
1981 1,699,700,000
1987 20,157,500,000
1988 26,640,500,000
1989 27,829,900,000
1990 32,879,700,000
1991 37,460,200,000
1992 37,692,700,000
1993 39,506,000,000
1994 40,416,900,000
1995 43,340,400,000
1996 45,051,700,000
1997 44,481,500,000
1998 54,603,600,000
1999 57,427,000,000
2000 60,809,300,000
2001 70,613,950,000
2002 81,312,650,000
2003 87,237,900,000
2004 92,846,100,000
2005 96,712,580,000
2006 106,519,000,000
2007 114,612,000,000
2008 127,432,000,000
2009 128,921,000,000
2010 130,925,000,000
2011 132,614,000,000
2012 140,925,000,000
2013 149,864,000,000
2014 158,673,000,000
2015 175,585,000,000
2016 193,044,000,000
2017 214,168,000,000
2018 230,015,000,000
2019 247,778,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Iceland was 26.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 35.32 in 1987, while its lowest value was 15.78 in 2008.

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
1972 26.67
1973 26.80
1974 25.66
1975 24.46
1976 26.67
1977 28.61
1978 29.24
1979 27.82
1980 29.43
1981 28.83
1987 35.32
1988 34.03
1989 27.44
1990 29.64
1991 29.97
1992 29.75
1993 30.99
1994 30.09
1995 31.10
1996 30.50
1997 30.46
1998 30.88
1999 29.58
2000 29.20
2001 29.76
2002 31.27
2003 31.15
2004 31.36
2005 27.36
2006 26.62
2007 25.53
2008 15.78
2009 19.03
2010 20.52
2011 19.54
2012 20.60
2013 21.95
2014 22.15
2015 23.59
2016 21.65
2017 25.78
2018 26.20
2019 26.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance