Costa Rica - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 4,458,790,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,458,790,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 880,000,000 in 1973.

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
1973 880,000,000
1974 1,080,000,000
1976 1,870,000,000
1977 2,170,000,000
1978 3,090,000,000
1979 3,740,000,000
1980 4,600,000,000
1981 5,450,000,000
1982 7,720,000,000
1983 11,220,000,000
1984 12,800,000,000
1985 15,390,000,000
1986 19,640,000,000
1987 27,990,000,000
1988 36,060,000,000
1989 47,130,000,000
1990 57,460,000,000
1991 70,900,000,000
1992 86,750,000,000
1993 107,960,000,000
1994 135,390,000,000
1995 171,480,000,000
1996 201,940,000,000
1997 234,550,000,000
1998 284,870,000,000
1999 351,460,000,000
2000 406,430,000,000
2001 468,500,000,000
2002 599,860,000,000
2003 697,100,000,000
2004 781,860,000,000
2005 898,179,000,000
2006 1,052,500,000,000
2007 1,223,300,000,000
2008 1,543,950,000,000
2009 1,987,820,000,000
2010 2,432,050,000,000
2011 2,697,530,000,000
2012 2,937,130,000,000
2013 3,208,730,000,000
2014 3,460,790,000,000
2015 3,740,280,000,000
2016 3,929,480,000,000
2017 4,093,500,000,000
2018 4,310,160,000,000
2019 4,458,790,000,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Costa Rica was 39.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 55.70 in 1973, while its lowest value was 32.84 in 1986.

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
1973 55.70
1974 54.27
1976 55.33
1977 51.06
1978 49.84
1979 50.82
1980 51.45
1981 52.76
1982 47.62
1983 41.37
1984 39.22
1985 39.86
1986 32.84
1987 38.48
1988 44.41
1989 45.43
1990 45.32
1991 43.69
1992 42.35
1993 40.92
1994 35.74
1995 38.27
1996 37.01
1997 37.36
1998 38.43
1999 39.01
2000 39.86
2001 39.18
2002 40.89
2003 42.86
2004 42.59
2005 41.41
2006 41.96
2007 41.62
2008 43.96
2009 45.58
2010 47.95
2011 49.16
2012 47.66
2013 47.52
2014 46.23
2015 43.41
2016 45.15
2017 46.93
2018 41.38
2019 39.77

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance