Compensation of employees in Bahrain
Bahrain: Compensation of employees was 39.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Bahrain, 1990–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2020, compensation of employees in Bahrain stood at 39.5%. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Bahrain peaked at 68.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 39.5%, in 2020.
That places Bahrain 29th out of 155 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 56.4% | — |
| 1991 | 61.1% | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 59.6% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 55.3% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 54.6% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 64.0% | +17.2% |
| 1996 | 66.8% | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 66.8% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 68.3% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 64.9% | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 58.4% | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 58.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 53.7% | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 59.8% | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 56.2% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 54.3% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 53.1% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 54.3% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 50.3% | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 46.9% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 44.2% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 41.3% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 47.9% | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 45.5% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 44.9% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 46.2% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 45.8% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 45.2% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 42.3% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 39.5% | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.8% | 54.6% | 68.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.6% | 46.9% | 59.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.6% | 41.3% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.5% | 39.5% | 39.5% | 1 |
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- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 533.78 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 188.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 848.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 871.15 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0293 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.38 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 367,500 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Bahrain?
- Compensation of employees in Bahrain was 39.5% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 68.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.5% in 2020.
- How does Bahrain rank for compensation of employees?
- Bahrain ranks 29th out of 155 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain 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 (% of expense). 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.