Ireland - Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Ireland was 26.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 27.66 in 2007, while its lowest value was 12.57 in 1988.

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 15.86
1973 15.89
1974 15.31
1975 15.61
1976 14.91
1977 14.10
1978 13.51
1979 13.83
1980 13.46
1981 13.96
1982 13.44
1983 12.90
1984 13.05
1985 12.66
1986 12.92
1987 12.87
1988 12.57
1989 13.59
1990 14.07
1991 14.37
1992 14.63
1993 14.05
1994 13.77
1995 17.10
1996 17.11
1997 17.03
1998 16.61
1999 15.83
2000 15.55
2001 14.80
2002 14.64
2003 14.86
2004 15.10
2005 27.01
2006 27.16
2007 27.66
2008 26.65
2009 24.44
2010 16.43
2011 22.80
2012 24.43
2013 24.68
2014 25.09
2015 24.43
2016 25.67
2017 26.29
2018 26.27
2019 26.83

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