Latvia - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Latvia was 2,517,769,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,517,769,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 141,461,900 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.

Year Value
1994 141,461,900
1995 425,003,300
1996 466,837,100
1997 444,152,300
1998 478,877,500
1999 554,578,500
2000 594,807,400
2001 627,470,800
2002 687,602,800
2003 816,987,400
2004 814,931,300
2005 999,578,800
2006 1,181,640,000
2007 1,749,259,000
2008 2,116,212,000
2009 1,675,548,000
2010 1,407,109,000
2011 1,481,984,000
2012 1,513,115,000
2013 1,605,200,000
2014 1,732,263,000
2015 1,825,101,000
2016 1,935,490,000
2017 2,106,654,000
2018 2,304,220,000
2019 2,517,769,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Latvia was 18.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 22.76 in 1995, while its lowest value was 14.07 in 2010.

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
1994 18.29
1995 22.76
1996 22.50
1997 17.93
1998 16.63
1999 17.54
2000 18.85
2001 19.99
2002 19.71
2003 21.51
2004 18.59
2005 18.52
2006 17.81
2007 21.39
2008 20.48
2009 16.82
2010 14.07
2011 15.35
2012 15.55
2013 16.07
2014 16.41
2015 17.03
2016 17.97
2017 18.21
2018 18.56
2019 18.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance