Compensation of employees in Rwanda
Rwanda: Compensation of employees was 14.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Rwanda, 1990–2023
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 Rwanda is 14.3%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Rwanda peaked at 44.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2023.
Rwanda ranks 124th of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 43.5% | — |
| 1991 | 44.8% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 35.8% | -20.2% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | -38.0% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 21.6% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 20.6% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 20.0% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 16.4% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.4% | 35.8% | 44.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 17.2% | 23.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 14.3% | 16.8% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Rwanda
- Arms imports 37.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.65 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 117.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 37.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 12.34 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0116 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 175.92 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,500 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Rwanda?
- Compensation of employees in Rwanda was 14.3% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 44.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2023.
- How does Rwanda rank for compensation of employees?
- Rwanda ranks 124th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.