United Kingdom - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 135,379,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 135,379,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3,330,000,000 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 3,330,000,000
1973 3,632,000,000
1974 4,824,000,000
1975 6,414,000,000
1976 7,353,000,000
1977 7,483,000,000
1978 8,315,000,000
1979 9,529,000,000
1980 12,177,000,000
1981 13,592,000,000
1982 14,324,000,000
1983 15,607,000,000
1984 16,104,000,000
1985 17,156,000,000
1986 18,089,000,000
1987 23,109,000,000
1988 24,947,000,000
1989 27,468,000,000
1990 30,315,000,000
1991 31,647,000,000
1992 32,489,000,000
1993 29,716,000,000
1994 24,315,000,000
1995 43,353,860,000
1996 45,127,340,000
1997 45,625,760,000
1998 45,708,840,000
1999 46,380,180,000
2000 48,953,250,000
2001 54,026,040,000
2002 58,421,480,000
2003 65,527,500,000
2004 72,245,500,000
2005 77,375,100,000
2006 82,534,080,000
2007 84,474,150,000
2008 85,955,400,000
2009 89,028,550,000
2010 92,072,070,000
2011 94,638,410,000
2012 99,009,640,000
2013 98,782,670,000
2014 104,775,000,000
2015 107,932,000,000
2016 113,552,000,000
2017 119,524,000,000
2018 125,164,000,000
2019 135,379,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in United Kingdom was 16.58 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 16.58 in 1972, while its lowest value was 8.80 in 1994.

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 16.58
1973 16.02
1974 16.45
1975 16.09
1976 15.59
1977 14.37
1978 13.76
1979 13.53
1980 14.09
1981 13.48
1982 12.90
1983 13.10
1984 12.61
1985 12.52
1986 12.60
1987 15.29
1988 15.74
1989 16.35
1990 15.11
1991 14.04
1992 12.84
1993 11.24
1994 8.80
1995 14.40
1996 14.55
1997 14.50
1998 14.14
1999 13.86
2000 13.67
2001 14.33
2002 14.31
2003 14.61
2004 15.12
2005 15.10
2006 15.21
2007 14.72
2008 13.55
2009 13.58
2010 13.38
2011 13.67
2012 13.65
2013 13.81
2014 14.24
2015 14.55
2016 15.11
2017 15.51
2018 15.78
2019 16.58

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance