OECD members - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in OECD members was 14.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 18.37 in 1973, while its lowest value was 11.23 in 1991.

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 17.61
1973 18.37
1974 16.70
1975 15.51
1976 15.59
1977 15.69
1978 15.74
1979 15.15
1980 13.94
1981 13.79
1982 13.44
1983 13.02
1984 12.83
1985 12.66
1986 12.76
1987 13.27
1988 14.13
1989 13.81
1990 13.19
1991 11.23
1992 11.87
1993 11.44
1994 11.28
1995 14.40
1996 14.37
1997 14.27
1998 14.11
1999 13.35
2000 13.00
2001 13.18
2002 14.31
2003 14.50
2004 13.95
2005 14.32
2006 14.11
2007 14.26
2008 14.02
2009 13.87
2010 13.86
2011 13.67
2012 13.55
2013 13.75
2014 14.15
2015 14.01
2016 14.31
2017 14.06
2018 14.01
2019 14.01

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance