Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Compensation of employees was 27.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 27.3%.
That represents a change of 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 35.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25.8%, in 2019.
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4124 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 163.99 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 94.45 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Compensation of employees in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.8% in 2019.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for compensation of employees?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 15th out of 41 groups with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.