Eswatini vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Compensation of employees

Eswatini
47.0%
in 2021
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
32.0%
in 2023
Eswatini rank
13th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
12th

Compensation of employees over time

  • Eswatini
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0204060199820102023

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 47.0% against 32.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 15.0%.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.

Eswatini ranks 13th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 12th of 155 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 49.9% 26.2% 23.7% Eswatini
2000s 50.8% 32.8% 18.0% Eswatini
2010s 50.8% 33.9% 16.9% Eswatini
2020s 46.7% 30.2% 16.5% Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher compensation of employees, Eswatini or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Eswatini, at 47.0% against 32.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2021.
What is the difference in compensation of employees between Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
15.0%, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
How do Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for compensation of employees?
Eswatini ranks 13th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 12th 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.