Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Compensation of employees was 27.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2002–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 27.3%.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 35.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25.8%, in 2019.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 41 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 27.8% | — |
| 2003 | 32.4% | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 34.3% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 35.5% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 35.7% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 33.4% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 29.5% | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 28.5% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 27.3% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 28.0% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 27.5% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 26.9% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 26.3% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 27.4% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 27.3% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.5% | 27.8% | 35.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 28.9% | 25.8% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.9% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 27.3% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.8% in 2019.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for compensation of employees?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 15th out of 41 groups with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.