Jamaica vs Post-demographic dividend: Compensation of employees
Compensation of employees over time
- Jamaica
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 38.0% against 14.5% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 23.5%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 2.6 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 36th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 39th of 155 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 42.2% | 13.3% | 28.9% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 36.5% | 10.2% | 26.3% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 35.4% | 12.7% | 22.7% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 39.2% | 12.5% | 26.7% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 12.9% | 25.1% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher compensation of employees, Jamaica or Post-demographic dividend?
- Jamaica, at 38.0% against 14.5% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2020.
- What is the difference in compensation of employees between Jamaica and Post-demographic dividend?
- 23.5%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Post-demographic dividend?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2020.
- How do Jamaica and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for compensation of employees?
- Jamaica ranks 36th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 39th 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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About this data
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.