Germany - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Germany was 57,268,880,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57,268,880,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 11,846,630,000 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 11,846,630,000
1973 13,431,640,000
1974 15,359,210,000
1975 16,386,910,000
1976 16,928,870,000
1977 17,752,050,000
1978 18,611,020,000
1979 19,562,030,000
1980 21,177,710,000
1981 22,450,830,000
1982 22,905,880,000
1983 23,514,310,000
1984 23,836,430,000
1985 24,674,950,000
1986 25,692,420,000
1987 26,679,210,000
1988 27,328,550,000
1989 28,207,970,000
1990 29,644,700,000
1991 31,679,000,000
1992 34,192,000,000
1993 35,128,000,000
1994 35,717,000,000
1995 35,460,140,000
1996 36,298,770,000
1997 36,215,160,000
1998 36,423,600,000
1999 37,411,270,000
2000 37,486,930,000
2001 37,808,550,000
2002 38,704,730,000
2003 39,095,780,000
2004 38,742,490,000
2005 38,995,440,000
2006 39,266,970,000
2007 39,506,070,000
2008 41,107,450,000
2009 43,091,290,000
2010 44,389,860,000
2011 44,798,140,000
2012 45,578,660,000
2013 46,679,940,000
2014 47,739,970,000
2015 49,087,070,000
2016 50,565,760,000
2017 52,861,340,000
2018 54,730,130,000
2019 57,268,880,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Germany was 5.82 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 12.02 in 1972, while its lowest value was 4.88 in 1995.

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 12.02
1973 11.99
1974 11.75
1975 10.85
1976 10.27
1977 10.07
1978 9.91
1979 9.77
1980 9.45
1981 9.27
1982 9.00
1983 8.99
1984 8.62
1985 8.69
1986 8.73
1987 8.68
1988 8.50
1989 8.54
1990 8.21
1991 6.43
1992 6.42
1993 6.31
1994 6.12
1995 4.88
1996 5.82
1997 5.79
1998 5.70
1999 5.74
2000 5.68
2001 5.66
2002 5.65
2003 5.60
2004 5.63
2005 5.59
2006 5.64
2007 5.64
2008 5.71
2009 5.68
2010 5.52
2011 5.76
2012 5.83
2013 5.82
2014 5.81
2015 5.80
2016 5.78
2017 5.76
2018 5.82
2019 5.82

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance