Compensation of employees in Burundi
Burundi: Compensation of employees was 48.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Burundi, 1991–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Burundi is 48.1%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Burundi peaked at 48.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 1993.
That places Burundi 10th out of 155 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 36.8% | — |
| 1992 | 33.2% | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 31.0% | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 33.4% | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 35.0% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 47.9% | +37.0% |
| 1997 | 38.4% | -19.7% |
| 1998 | 35.8% | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 36.9% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 46.7% | +26.6% |
| 2011 | 46.0% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 46.5% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 45.4% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 44.2% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 36.4% | -17.7% |
| 2016 | 41.3% | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 39.4% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 45.5% | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 43.5% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | +10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.5% | 31.0% | 47.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 36.4% | 46.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 45.8% | 43.5% | 48.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.8% compare
- 8 Honduras 48.6% compare
- 9 Saudi Arabia 48.5% compare
- 11 Madagascar 47.9% compare
- 12 Solomon Islands 47.3% compare
- 13 Eswatini 47.0% compare
More public sector data for Burundi
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.1632 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 200 % change on previous year (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 12.23 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0566 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 171.83 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 77.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Burundi?
- Compensation of employees in Burundi was 48.1% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 48.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 1993.
- How does Burundi rank for compensation of employees?
- Burundi ranks 10th out of 155 countries with data for 2021.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.