Compensation of employees in Serbia
Serbia: Compensation of employees was 16.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Serbia, 2007–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, compensation of employees in Serbia stood at 16.7%.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Serbia peaked at 26.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2015.
Serbia ranks 112th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26.3% | — |
| 2008 | 26.7% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 26.2% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 24.8% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 25.6% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 25.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | -38.2% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 14.5% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 14.7% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 16.6% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 16.5% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 16.7% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.4% | 26.2% | 26.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 14.5% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 15.6% | 16.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More public sector data for Serbia
- Arms imports 153.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 23.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -63.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 153.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 352.67 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0258 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 29.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.32 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4,983 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Serbia?
- Compensation of employees in Serbia was 16.7% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2015.
- How does Serbia rank for compensation of employees?
- Serbia ranks 112th out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia 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.