Trinidad and Tobago - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 16,668,500,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,668,500,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 459,000,000 in 1976.

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
1976 459,000,000
1977 593,900,000
1979 1,017,200,000
1980 1,306,100,000
1981 1,409,500,000
2001 4,807,800,000
2002 5,297,900,000
2003 5,812,000,000
2004 6,238,400,000
2005 7,179,200,000
2006 7,434,800,000
2007 8,814,300,000
2008 9,956,600,000
2009 10,237,100,000
2010 10,452,100,000
2012 12,071,400,000
2013 14,682,300,000
2014 14,399,800,000
2015 16,411,100,000
2016 16,483,100,000
2017 16,483,100,000
2018 16,668,500,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Trinidad and Tobago was 32.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 37.80 in 2002, while its lowest value was 21.49 in 2008.

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
2001 36.63
2002 37.80
2003 36.95
2004 32.97
2005 31.48
2006 21.73
2007 26.26
2008 21.49
2009 25.57
2010 24.10
2012 24.25
2013 27.10
2014 24.51
2015 28.58
2016 30.88
2017 30.88
2018 32.87

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance