Saint Lucia vs Upper middle income: Compensation of employees
Compensation of employees over time
- Saint Lucia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 40.4% against 20.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 19.5%.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
Saint Lucia ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 27th of 155 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.4% | 26.6% | 22.9% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 43.7% | 24.1% | 19.6% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher compensation of employees, Saint Lucia or Upper middle income?
- Saint Lucia, at 40.4% against 20.9% in Upper middle income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in compensation of employees between Saint Lucia and Upper middle income?
- 19.5%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Upper middle income?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
- How do Saint Lucia and Upper middle income rank globally for compensation of employees?
- Saint Lucia ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 27th 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.