Compensation of employees in Egypt
Egypt: Compensation of employees was 27.2% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Egypt, 1975–2015
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 27.2% for compensation of employees in 2015.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Egypt peaked at 29.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 1992.
Egypt ranks 70th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19.5% | — |
| 1976 | 21.8% | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 22.7% | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 24.7% | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 20.2% | -18.2% |
| 1981 | 20.9% | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 19.3% | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 22.2% | +15.1% |
| 1984 | 22.2% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 24.0% | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 22.5% | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 24.0% | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 23.3% | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 25.3% | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 26.6% | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 23.4% | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 17.4% | -25.6% |
| 1993 | 20.3% | +16.3% |
| 1994 | 20.7% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 22.0% | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 22.7% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 23.9% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 29.8% | +25.1% |
| 2003 | 29.9% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 28.8% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 23.4% | -18.0% |
| 2007 | 24.1% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 23.4% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 24.6% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 24.8% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 24.3% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 25.9% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 24.2% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 25.8% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 27.2% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.8% | 19.5% | 24.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 22.6% | 19.3% | 25.3% | 9 |
| 1990s | 22.1% | 17.4% | 26.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 26.6% | 23.4% | 29.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 24.2% | 27.2% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Egypt
- Arms imports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6178 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 -93.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.56 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -24.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.40 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,156 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Egypt?
- Compensation of employees in Egypt was 27.2% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 29.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 1992.
- How does Egypt rank for compensation of employees?
- Egypt ranks 70th out of 155 countries with data for 2015.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.