Australia vs Germany: Compensation of employees, Transactions
Compensation of employees, Transactions over time
- Australia
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 384.27 billion against 279.03 billion in Australia, a difference of 105.24 billion.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 16th and Germany ranks 13th of 35 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.53 billion | 195.61 billion | 98.09 billion | Germany |
| 2010s | 156.00 billion | 242.58 billion | 86.58 billion | Germany |
| 2020s | 234.79 billion | 334.56 billion | 99.76 billion | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher compensation of employees, transactions, Australia or Germany?
- Germany, at 384.27 billion against 279.03 billion in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in compensation of employees, transactions between Australia and Germany?
- 105.24 billion, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Germany?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Germany rank globally for compensation of employees, transactions?
- Australia ranks 16th and Germany ranks 13th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.