Compensation of employees in Lebanon
Lebanon: Compensation of employees was 32.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Lebanon, 1998–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Lebanon is 32.1%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Lebanon peaked at 32.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 19.1%, in 2008.
That places Lebanon 56th out of 155 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 25.9% | — |
| 1999 | 27.3% | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 24.2% | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 22.8% | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 22.2% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 20.7% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 19.4% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 19.1% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 21.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 21.9% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 22.2% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 22.0% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 22.4% | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 24.0% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 31.9% | +33.1% |
| 2021 | 32.1% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.6% | 25.9% | 27.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 19.1% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.7% | 21.2% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.0% | 31.9% | 32.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More public sector data for Lebanon
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.55 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -35.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 109.45 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0245 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 122.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 635.47 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,369 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Lebanon?
- Compensation of employees in Lebanon was 32.1% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 32.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.1% in 2008.
- How does Lebanon rank for compensation of employees?
- Lebanon ranks 56th out of 155 countries with data for 2021.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.