Norway - Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Norway was 216,164,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 216,164,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4,236,000,000 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 4,236,000,000
1973 4,680,000,000
1974 5,118,000,000
1975 6,129,000,000
1976 7,438,000,000
1977 8,131,000,000
1978 8,823,000,000
1979 9,270,000,000
1980 10,185,000,000
1981 11,960,000,000
1982 13,554,000,000
1983 14,611,000,000
1984 15,514,000,000
1985 16,757,000,000
1986 18,364,000,000
1987 20,308,000,000
1988 20,805,000,000
1989 22,402,000,000
1990 24,117,000,000
1991 25,342,000,000
1992 26,902,000,000
1993 27,944,000,000
1994 28,545,000,000
1995 34,893,000,000
1996 37,077,000,000
1997 39,486,000,000
1998 42,374,000,000
1999 45,000,000,000
2000 47,383,000,000
2001 49,950,000,000
2002 86,041,000,000
2003 92,267,000,000
2004 98,168,000,000
2005 102,930,000,000
2006 109,863,000,000
2007 117,137,000,000
2008 125,833,000,000
2009 133,053,000,000
2010 141,464,000,000
2011 148,953,000,000
2012 157,582,000,000
2013 166,631,000,000
2014 176,811,000,000
2015 185,465,000,000
2016 190,032,000,000
2017 198,083,000,000
2018 206,932,000,000
2019 216,164,000,000

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