El Salvador vs Small states: Compensation of employees

El Salvador
40.9%
in 2023
Small states
21.9%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
23rd
Small states rank
24th

Compensation of employees over time

  • El Salvador
  • Small states
203040506070199120072023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 40.9% against 21.9% in Small states, a difference of 19.0%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.9 times Small states's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 23rd and Small states ranks 24th of 155 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Small states Difference Ahead
1990s 64.3% 33.6% 30.7% El Salvador
2000s 43.4% 35.0% 8.4% El Salvador
2010s 41.2% 28.7% 12.5% El Salvador
2020s 38.2% 25.5% 12.6% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher compensation of employees, El Salvador or Small states?
El Salvador, at 40.9% against 21.9% in Small states as of 2023.
What is the difference in compensation of employees between El Salvador and Small states?
19.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Small states?
25 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Small states rank globally for compensation of employees?
El Salvador ranks 23rd and Small states ranks 24th of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Compensation of employees (% of expense). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Compensation of employees (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,286 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.