World - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in World was 21.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 23.33 in 2007, while its lowest value was 20.90 in 2013.

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
2002 21.32
2003 21.24
2004 21.10
2005 23.00
2006 22.10
2007 23.33
2008 21.01
2009 21.66
2010 21.76
2011 22.24
2012 22.40
2013 20.90
2014 21.81
2015 22.49
2016 22.01
2017 21.82
2018 21.64
2019 21.62

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance