Compensation of employees in Brazil
Brazil: Compensation of employees was 6.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Brazil, 2010–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in Brazil stood at 6.6%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Brazil peaked at 10.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2023.
Brazil ranks 151st of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.3% | — |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 8.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.0% | 8.2% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.6% | 7.9% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Brazil
- Arms imports 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 135.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 98.81 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0096 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 20.95 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 22.13 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Brazil?
- Compensation of employees in Brazil was 6.6% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2023.
- How does Brazil rank for compensation of employees?
- Brazil ranks 151st out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.