Compensation of employees in Jordan
Jordan: Compensation of employees was 4.75 billion current LCU in 2023. β Volatile
Compensation of employees in Jordan, 1990β2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in Jordan stood at 4.75 billion current LCU. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Jordan peaked at 4.75 billion current LCU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 488.94 million current LCU, in 1990.
That places Jordan 123rd out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 776.78 million current LCU | 488.94 million current LCU | 1.07 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 billion current LCU | 1.07 billion current LCU | 2.53 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.34 billion current LCU | 2.64 billion current LCU | 4.02 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.44 billion current LCU | 4.15 billion current LCU | 4.75 billion current LCU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 120 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.99 billion current LCU compare
- 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.92 billion current LCU compare
- 122 Slovenia 4.91 billion current LCU compare
- 124 Tajikistan 4.70 billion current LCU compare
- 125 Lithuania 4.63 billion current LCU compare
- 126 Panama 4.56 billion current LCU compare
More public sector data for Jordan
- Arms imports 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.08 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 50 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 180.19 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 15.5% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 19.35 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 19.3% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 48.64 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Jordan?
- Compensation of employees in Jordan was 4.75 billion current LCU in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.75 billion current LCU in 2023.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 488.94 million current LCU in 1990.
- How does Jordan rank for compensation of employees?
- Jordan ranks 123rd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.