Compensation of employees (current LCU) - Country Ranking

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Indonesia 372,645,000,000,000.00 2019
2 Iran 321,023,000,000,000.00 2009
3 Korea 50,919,600,000,000.00 2019
4 Iraq 39,587,400,000,000.00 2019
5 Colombia 32,619,200,000,000.00 2019
6 Paraguay 19,852,500,000,000.00 2019
7 Chile 9,802,990,000,000.00 2019
8 Cambodia 7,853,760,000,000.00 2019
9 Uzbekistan 6,562,850,000,000.00 2019
10 Lebanon 5,611,920,000,000.00 2019
11 Costa Rica 4,458,790,000,000.00 2019
12 Russia 4,259,550,000,000.00 2019
13 Tanzania 3,939,460,000,000.00 2018
14 Hungary 3,634,240,000,000.00 2019
15 Uganda 3,493,870,000,000.00 2019
16 Myanmar 3,416,220,000,000.00 2019
17 India 2,669,180,000,000.00 2018
18 Madagascar 2,494,610,000,000.00 2019
19 Angola 1,999,140,000,000.00 2019
20 Côte d'Ivoire 1,560,900,000,000.00 2019
21 Mongolia 1,245,760,000,000.00 2018
22 Philippines 1,115,040,000,000.00 2019
23 Cameroon 1,008,010,000,000.00 2018
24 Senegal 860,937,000,000.00 2018
25 Burkina Faso 840,077,000,000.00 2019
26 Thailand 814,696,000,000.00 2019
27 Kenya 695,849,000,000.00 2019
28 Gabon 688,949,000,000.00 2019
29 Sri Lanka 686,452,000,000.00 2019
30 Kazakhstan 652,999,000,000.00 2019
31 Argentina 552,193,000,000.00 2019
32 Mali 528,835,000,000.00 2019
33 Mexico 519,485,000,000.00 2019
34 Saudi Arabia 505,030,000,000.00 2019
35 Malawi 473,624,000,000.00 2020
36 United States 464,943,000,000.00 2020
37 Bangladesh 410,500,000,000.00 2016
38 Turkey 404,210,000,000.00 2020
39 Congo 347,180,000,000.00 2018
40 Serbia 336,931,000,000.00 2019
41 Rwanda 309,418,000,000.00 2019
42 Brazil 305,740,000,000.00 2019
43 Armenia 301,264,000,000.00 2019
44 Dominican Republic 283,262,000,000.00 2019
45 South Africa 267,992,000,000.00 2019
46 Czech Republic 259,121,000,000.00 2019
47 Iceland 247,778,000,000.00 2019
48 Ukraine 218,187,000,000.00 2019
49 Togo 217,782,000,000.00 2019
50 Norway 216,164,000,000.00 2019
51 France 204,114,000,000.00 2019
52 Egypt 200,933,000,000.00 2015
53 Jamaica 195,935,000,000.00 2019
54 Equatorial Guinea 189,437,000,000.00 2019
55 Uruguay 181,659,000,000.00 2019
56 Afghanistan 171,166,000,000.00 2017
57 Sweden 148,930,000,000.00 2019
58 United Kingdom 135,379,000,000.00 2019
59 Morocco 131,391,000,000.00 2019
60 Guinea 130,292,000,000.00 1992
61 Israel 115,621,000,000.00 2019
62 Mozambique 112,837,000,000.00 2019
63 Poland 109,501,000,000.00 2019
64 Italy 102,781,000,000.00 2019
65 Nepal 99,935,810,000.00 2019
66 Denmark 96,320,000,000.00 2019
67 Albania 93,528,830,000.00 2019
68 Romania 85,358,790,000.00 2019
69 Malaysia 80,534,390,000.00 2019
70 Central African Republic 61,336,000,000.00 2018
71 Kyrgyz Republic 61,302,700,000.00 2019
72 Guinea-Bissau 60,045,760,000.00 2019
73 Germany 57,268,880,000.00 2019
74 Australia 53,661,000,000.00 2019
75 Honduras 46,258,840,000.00 2015
76 Canada 44,018,000,000.00 2019
77 Mauritius 40,066,100,000.00 2019
78 Ethiopia 31,569,180,000.00 2019
79 Peru 29,852,140,000.00 2019
80 Namibia 29,496,020,000.00 2019
81 North Macedonia 28,188,770,000.00 2019
82 Nicaragua 27,613,500,000.00 2019
83 Spain 26,507,000,000.00 2019
84 Botswana 26,251,930,000.00 2019
85 Guatemala 25,950,490,000.00 2019
86 Croatia 24,913,070,000.00 2019
87 Netherlands 24,200,650,000.00 2019
88 New Zealand 24,035,760,000.00 2019
89 Sudan 22,909,300,000.00 2016
90 United Arab Emirates 22,534,540,000.00 2019
91 Zambia 22,333,160,000.00 2019
92 Ghana 22,219,030,000.00 2019
93 Burundi 22,000,000,000.00 1996
94 Macao SAR, China 21,934,080,000.00 2019
95 Ireland 21,193,210,000.00 2019
96 Cabo Verde 19,354,420,000.00 2017
97 Austria 18,794,630,000.00 2019
98 Greece 18,615,410,000.00 2019
99 Portugal 18,063,340,000.00 2019
100 Singapore 17,780,040,000.00 2019
101 Niger 16,842,000,000.00 1980
102 Trinidad and Tobago 16,668,500,000.00 2018
103 Benin 15,367,000,000.00 1979
104 Vanuatu 14,279,850,000.00 2019
105 Belgium 11,466,300,000.00 2019
106 Bhutan 10,433,970,000.00 2018
107 Tunisia 8,745,700,000.00 2012
108 Switzerland 8,572,782,000.00 2019
109 Bulgaria 8,102,026,000.00 2019
110 Finland 7,126,160,000.00 2019
111 Moldova 6,675,000,000.00 2019
112 Lesotho 5,891,548,000.00 2019
113 Slovak Republic 5,725,128,000.00 2019
114 Belarus 5,294,783,000.00 2019
115 Luxembourg 5,101,178,000.00 2019
116 Bolivia 4,991,368,000.00 2007
117 Jordan 4,017,000,000.00 2019
118 Slovenia 3,576,921,000.00 2019
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,286,069,000.00 2019
120 Panama 3,149,970,000.00 2018
121 Azerbaijan 3,144,500,000.00 2019
122 Zimbabwe 2,796,106,000.00 2018
123 El Salvador 2,729,500,000.00 2019
124 Lithuania 2,650,882,000.00 2019
125 Papua New Guinea 2,632,840,000.00 2019
126 Cyprus 2,565,050,000.00 2019
127 Latvia 2,517,769,000.00 2019
128 Kuwait 2,467,000,000.00 2006
129 Seychelles 2,382,174,000.00 2018
130 Georgia 1,947,500,000.00 2020
131 Estonia 1,808,897,000.00 2019
132 Solomon Islands 1,467,315,000.00 2020
133 Malta 1,441,366,000.00 2019
134 Fiji 981,089,600.00 2019
135 Barbados 807,094,900.00 2016
136 The Bahamas 712,242,000.00 2019
137 Bahrain 577,700,000.00 2004
138 Belize 530,418,200.00 2017
139 St. Lucia 383,660,000.00 2017
140 St. Kitts and Nevis 293,190,000.00 2017
141 Samoa 292,531,100.00 2019
142 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 280,810,000.00 2017
143 Timor-Leste 212,672,600.00 2019
144 San Marino 170,204,200.00 2019
145 Somalia 162,870,000.00 2019
146 The Gambia 122,950,000.00 1990
147 Kiribati 83,325,580.00 2019
148 Tajikistan 79,107,000.00 2004
149 Nauru 56,352,660.00 2018
150 Palau 44,147,000.00 2019
151 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.37 1989

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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