Compensation of employees in Myanmar

Myanmar: Compensation of employees was 22.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
22.0%
Change on year
down 16.3%
World rank
89th
of 155 countries
All-time high
26.3%
in 2018
All-time low
12.7%
in 2014
Years of data
8
2012–2019

Compensation of employees in Myanmar, 2012–2019

01020302012201520192012: 15.8 % of expense2013: 13.5 % of expense2014: 12.7 % of expense2015: 15.4 % of expense2016: 22 % of expense2017: 19.4 % of expense2018: 26.3 % of expense2019: 22 % of expense

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.

Analysis

In 2019, compensation of employees in Myanmar stood at 22.0%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.3% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.

Myanmar ranks 89th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Compensation of employees in Myanmar, year by year

Annual values for Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Myanmar, 2012 to 2019.
Year % of expense Change
2012 15.8%
2013 13.5% -14.5%
2014 12.7% -5.5%
2015 15.4% +21.2%
2016 22.0% +42.5%
2017 19.4% -12.0%
2018 26.3% +36.0%
2019 22.0% -16.3%

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 86 Israel 22.4% compare
  2. 87 Uruguay 22.2% compare
  3. 88 Bolivia 22.2%
  4. 90 Equatorial Guinea 21.7% compare
  5. 91 New Zealand 21.5% compare
  6. 92 Uzbekistan 21.3%

See the full ranking of 196 places →

More public sector data for Myanmar

All data for Myanmar →

Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees in Myanmar?
Compensation of employees in Myanmar was 22.0% in 2019, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 26.3% in 2018.
What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2014.
How does Myanmar rank for compensation of employees?
Myanmar ranks 89th out of 155 countries with data for 2019.
Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Compensation of employees in Myanmar. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/compensation-of-employees-percent-of-expense/myanmar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/compensation-of-employees-percent-of-expense/myanmar/">Compensation of employees in Myanmar</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Compensation of employees (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,286 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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.