Spain - Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Spain was 6.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 34.09 in 1977, while its lowest value was 6.57 in 2018.

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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Year Value
1972 32.40
1973 32.02
1974 31.93
1975 31.99
1976 33.71
1977 34.09
1978 32.68
1979 32.43
1980 33.37
1981 32.13
1982 28.45
1983 26.75
1984 24.74
1985 18.79
1986 17.63
1987 20.15
1988 20.45
1989 20.45
1990 14.25
1991 13.33
1992 12.67
1993 12.12
1994 11.25
2017 6.72
2018 6.57
2019 6.60

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