Ghana vs Zambia: Compensation of employees

Ghana
50.81 billion current LCU
in 2023
Zambia
53.95 billion current LCU
in 2024
Ghana rank
83rd
Zambia rank
81st

Compensation of employees over time

  • Ghana
  • Zambia
020.0B40.0B60.0B199020072024

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 53.95 billion current LCU against 50.81 billion current LCU in Ghana, a difference of 3.14 billion current LCU.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 83rd and Zambia ranks 81st of 156 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 14.66 million current LCU 29.10 million current LCU 14.44 million current LCU Zambia
2000s 1.17 billion current LCU 2.66 billion current LCU 1.49 billion current LCU Zambia
2010s 12.02 billion current LCU 14.91 billion current LCU 2.89 billion current LCU Zambia
2020s 37.54 billion current LCU 35.15 billion current LCU 2.40 billion current LCU Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher compensation of employees, Ghana or Zambia?
Zambia, at 53.95 billion current LCU against 50.81 billion current LCU in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in compensation of employees between Ghana and Zambia?
3.14 billion current LCU, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zambia?
27 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Zambia rank globally for compensation of employees?
Ghana ranks 83rd and Zambia ranks 81st of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Compensation of employees (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 4,496 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.