The Bahamas - Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in The Bahamas was 712,242,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 791,821,300 in 2014 and a minimum value of 289,100,000 in 1990.

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
1990 289,100,000
1991 291,900,000
1992 295,900,000
1993 301,500,000
1994 321,000,000
1995 327,200,000
1996 333,700,000
1997 367,000,000
1998 383,931,000
1999 379,684,000
2000 352,531,000
2001 372,200,000
2002 400,500,000
2003 421,300,000
2004 450,087,000
2005 470,102,000
2006 513,511,000
2007 536,662,000
2008 552,011,000
2009 573,101,000
2010 746,056,100
2011 740,464,800
2012 776,777,000
2013 748,144,400
2014 791,821,300
2015 660,104,300
2016 685,258,100
2017 726,410,000
2018 728,646,000
2019 712,242,000

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