Sweden - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Sweden was 148,930,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 148,930,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,260,000,000 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 7,260,000,000
1973 7,610,000,000
1974 8,250,000,000
1975 9,220,000,000
1976 10,780,000,000
1977 12,070,000,000
1978 13,970,000,000
1979 15,180,000,000
1980 16,750,000,000
1981 17,700,000,000
1982 18,890,000,000
1983 20,500,000,000
1984 22,430,000,000
1985 22,870,000,000
1986 24,510,000,000
1987 26,780,000,000
1988 26,150,000,000
1989 29,380,000,000
1990 34,530,000,000
1991 37,320,000,000
1992 38,150,000,000
1993 39,970,000,000
1994 45,040,000,000
1995 61,532,000,000
1996 64,731,000,000
1997 66,220,000,000
1998 63,120,000,000
1999 66,378,000,000
2000 72,684,000,000
2001 75,886,000,000
2002 80,487,000,000
2003 87,017,000,000
2004 88,656,000,000
2005 89,706,000,000
2006 93,614,000,000
2007 96,434,000,000
2008 100,259,000,000
2009 100,515,000,000
2010 104,261,000,000
2011 108,571,000,000
2012 113,772,000,000
2013 118,615,000,000
2014 122,096,000,000
2015 125,785,000,000
2016 131,000,000,000
2017 136,583,000,000
2018 142,140,000,000
2019 148,930,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Sweden was 9.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 13.53 in 1972, while its lowest value was 5.45 in 1993.

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 13.53
1973 12.78
1974 11.65
1975 10.92
1976 10.39
1977 9.60
1978 9.29
1979 8.57
1980 8.27
1981 7.40
1982 7.09
1983 6.55
1984 6.59
1985 6.00
1986 6.13
1987 6.46
1988 5.97
1989 6.15
1990 6.33
1991 6.14
1992 5.80
1993 5.45
1994 6.08
1995 7.58
1996 8.25
1997 8.44
1998 7.82
1999 8.05
2000 8.74
2001 9.12
2002 9.21
2003 9.54
2004 9.62
2005 9.25
2006 9.42
2007 9.32
2008 9.31
2009 8.94
2010 8.83
2011 9.06
2012 9.28
2013 9.26
2014 9.26
2015 9.18
2016 9.28
2017 9.33
2018 9.28
2019 9.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance