Compensation of employees (current LCU) - Country Ranking - Africa

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 Tanzania 3,939,460,000,000.00 2018
2 Uganda 3,493,870,000,000.00 2019
3 Madagascar 2,494,610,000,000.00 2019
4 Angola 1,999,140,000,000.00 2019
5 Côte d'Ivoire 1,560,900,000,000.00 2019
6 Cameroon 1,008,010,000,000.00 2018
7 Senegal 860,937,000,000.00 2018
8 Burkina Faso 840,077,000,000.00 2019
9 Kenya 695,849,000,000.00 2019
10 Gabon 688,949,000,000.00 2019
11 Mali 528,835,000,000.00 2019
12 Malawi 473,624,000,000.00 2020
13 Congo 347,180,000,000.00 2018
14 Rwanda 309,418,000,000.00 2019
15 South Africa 267,992,000,000.00 2019
16 Togo 217,782,000,000.00 2019
17 Egypt 200,933,000,000.00 2015
18 Equatorial Guinea 189,437,000,000.00 2019
19 Morocco 131,391,000,000.00 2019
20 Guinea 130,292,000,000.00 1992
21 Mozambique 112,837,000,000.00 2019
22 Central African Republic 61,336,000,000.00 2018
23 Guinea-Bissau 60,045,760,000.00 2019
24 Mauritius 40,066,100,000.00 2019
25 Ethiopia 31,569,180,000.00 2019
26 Namibia 29,496,020,000.00 2019
27 Botswana 26,251,930,000.00 2019
28 Sudan 22,909,300,000.00 2016
29 Zambia 22,333,160,000.00 2019
30 Ghana 22,219,030,000.00 2019
31 Burundi 22,000,000,000.00 1996
32 Cabo Verde 19,354,420,000.00 2017
33 Niger 16,842,000,000.00 1980
34 Benin 15,367,000,000.00 1979
35 Tunisia 8,745,700,000.00 2012
36 Lesotho 5,891,548,000.00 2019
37 Zimbabwe 2,796,106,000.00 2018
38 Seychelles 2,382,174,000.00 2018
39 Somalia 162,870,000.00 2019
40 The Gambia 122,950,000.00 1990
41 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