St. Lucia - Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in St. Lucia was 383,660,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 400,640,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 202,023,000 in 2000.

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
2000 202,023,000
2001 213,459,000
2002 211,143,000
2003 220,556,000
2004 227,062,300
2005 222,678,000
2006 255,058,700
2007 252,376,300
2008 288,261,300
2009 309,013,100
2010 336,641,600
2011 345,418,800
2012 359,124,500
2013 372,923,300
2014 379,521,000
2015 375,440,000
2016 400,640,000
2017 383,660,000

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