Zambia - Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (current LCU)

The value for Compensation of employees (current LCU) in Zambia was 22,333,160,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,333,160,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 5,020,000 in 1990.

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
1990 5,020,000
1991 12,749,900
1992 32,239,600
1993 66,401,500
1998 448,700,000
1999 405,800,000
2001 811,230,300
2002 1,145,286,000
2003 1,632,515,000
2004 2,010,771,000
2005 2,675,800,000
2006 2,462,100,000
2007 3,541,039,000
2008 4,413,320,000
2009 5,204,934,000
2010 6,394,299,000
2011 6,950,181,000
2012 10,664,330,000
2013 11,376,200,000
2014 15,366,780,000
2015 16,397,410,000
2016 18,643,270,000
2017 20,028,020,000
2018 20,969,170,000
2019 22,333,160,000

Compensation of employees (% of expense)

Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Zambia was 33.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 49.14 in 2012, while its lowest value was 31.13 in 1999.

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
1998 34.73
1999 31.13
2001 38.90
2002 43.81
2003 44.69
2004 38.77
2005 36.42
2006 37.63
2007 42.62
2008 40.15
2009 46.41
2010 44.84
2011 42.05
2012 49.14
2013 42.11
2014 45.41
2015 38.49
2016 38.50
2017 38.87
2018 37.89
2019 33.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance