Compensation of employees in Jordan
Jordan: Compensation of employees was 46.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Jordan, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in Jordan stood at 46.0%.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Jordan peaked at 70.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 2007.
That places Jordan 16th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 59.6% | — |
| 1991 | 59.7% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 62.5% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 66.5% | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 66.3% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 66.8% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 64.4% | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 66.6% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 65.5% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 69.0% | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 70.0% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 69.1% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 67.0% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 67.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 57.7% | -14.4% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | -31.7% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 26.0% | -34.3% |
| 2008 | 48.8% | +87.7% |
| 2009 | 49.8% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 52.1% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 47.3% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 46.0% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 48.3% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 45.7% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 48.1% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 49.5% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 49.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 46.8% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 48.4% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 47.4% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 46.4% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 45.3% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 46.0% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.7% | 59.6% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.5% | 26.0% | 70.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 45.7% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.3% | 45.3% | 47.4% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Jordan
- Arms imports 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.08 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 50 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 221.61 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0437 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.56 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 180.19 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Jordan?
- Compensation of employees in Jordan was 46.0% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 2007.
- How does Jordan rank for compensation of employees?
- Jordan ranks 16th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan 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.