Compensation of employees in Belarus
Belarus: Compensation of employees was 14.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Belarus, 1992–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 14.1% for compensation of employees in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Belarus peaked at 14.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 1992.
That places Belarus 128th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.4% | — |
| 1993 | 4.2% | +72.9% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | -18.6% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | +40.3% |
| 1996 | 9.9% | +109.0% |
| 1997 | 9.0% | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 10.2% | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 9.2% | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 12.2% | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 13.3% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 11.7% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 11.5% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 12.1% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 12.0% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 14.1% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.6% | 2.4% | 10.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 10.1% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 11.5% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 13.2% | 14.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 125 Azerbaijan 14.2% compare
- 126 South Africa 14.2% compare
- 127 Nepal 14.1% compare
- 129 Argentina 12.9% compare
- 130 North Macedonia 12.4% compare
- 131 Poland 12.3% compare
More public sector data for Belarus
- Arms imports 151.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 16.53 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 151.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 163.3 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.019 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.49 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 793.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Belarus?
- Compensation of employees in Belarus was 14.1% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2018.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 1992.
- How does Belarus rank for compensation of employees?
- Belarus ranks 128th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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.