Compensation of employees in Cameroon
Cameroon: Compensation of employees was 34.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Cameroon, 1990–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2021, compensation of employees in Cameroon stood at 34.7%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Cameroon peaked at 60.6% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 34.7%, in 2021.
That places Cameroon 47th out of 155 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 55.6% | — |
| 1991 | 53.7% | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 59.2% | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 60.6% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 47.5% | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 40.4% | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 38.4% | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 37.1% | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 36.7% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 36.9% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 38.5% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 39.5% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 43.9% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 39.9% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 35.4% | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 37.2% | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 34.7% | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.1% | 37.1% | 60.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 38.3% | 35.4% | 43.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 35.9% | 34.7% | 37.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 44 Dominican Republic 35.2% compare
- 45 Tunisia 35.1% compare
- 46 Philippines 35.0% compare
- 48 Panama 34.3% compare
- 49 Afghanistan 34.0% compare
- 50 Naoero 33.9% compare
More public sector data for Cameroon
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0705 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 18.36 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.01 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 534.85 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Cameroon?
- Compensation of employees in Cameroon was 34.7% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 60.6% in 1993.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.7% in 2021.
- How does Cameroon rank for compensation of employees?
- Cameroon ranks 47th out of 155 countries with data for 2021.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.