Compensation of employees in IDA total
IDA total: Compensation of employees was 33.0% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Compensation of employees in IDA total, 2010–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2021, compensation of employees in IDA total stood at 33.0%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in IDA total peaked at 37.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2021.
IDA total ranks 9th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Compensation of employees in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35.7% | — |
| 2012 | 36.0% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 36.5% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 36.4% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 35.9% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 37.4% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 36.1% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 35.6% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 37.2% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 33.0% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.2% | 35.6% | 37.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 35.1% | 33.0% | 37.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 6 Central African Republic 49.9% compare
- 7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.8% compare
- 8 Honduras 48.6% compare
- 9 Saudi Arabia 48.5% compare
- 10 Burundi 48.1% compare
- 11 Madagascar 47.9% compare
- 12 Solomon Islands 47.3% compare
More public sector data for IDA total
- Arms imports 3.43 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.8 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 27.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.43 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.68 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0139 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 40.23 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 135.37 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in IDA total?
- Compensation of employees in IDA total was 33.0% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 37.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2021.
- How does IDA total rank for compensation of employees?
- IDA total ranks 9th out of 39 groups with data for 2021.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this IDA total 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.