Compensation of employees in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: Compensation of employees was 47.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
47.3%
Change on year
up 32.9%
World rank
12th
of 155 countries
All-time high
47.3%
in 2022
All-time low
31.0%
in 2013
Years of data
12
2011–2022

Compensation of employees in Solomon Islands, 2011–2022

010203040502011201620222011: 35.3 % of expense2012: 35 % of expense2013: 31 % of expense2014: 32 % of expense2015: 33.4 % of expense2016: 35.2 % of expense2017: 34.7 % of expense2018: 37.3 % of expense2019: 36.3 % of expense2020: 36.4 % of expense2021: 35.6 % of expense2022: 47.3 % of expense

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

Analysis

Solomon Islands recorded 47.3% for compensation of employees in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of up 32.9% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Solomon Islands peaked at 47.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 2013.

Solomon Islands ranks 12th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Compensation of employees in Solomon Islands, year by year

Annual values for Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Solomon Islands, 2011 to 2022.
Year % of expense Change
2011 35.3%
2012 35.0% -0.9%
2013 31.0% -11.4%
2014 32.0% +3.1%
2015 33.4% +4.5%
2016 35.2% +5.3%
2017 34.7% -1.4%
2018 37.3% +7.7%
2019 36.3% -2.7%
2020 36.4% +0.4%
2021 35.6% -2.2%
2022 47.3% +32.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 34.5% 31.0% 37.3% 9
2020s 39.8% 35.6% 47.3% 3

Countries ranked near Solomon Islands

  1. 9 Saudi Arabia 48.5% compare
  2. 10 Burundi 48.1% compare
  3. 11 Madagascar 47.9% compare
  4. 13 Eswatini 47.0% compare
  5. 14 Samoa 46.1% compare
  6. 15 Vanuatu 46.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees in Solomon Islands?
Compensation of employees in Solomon Islands was 47.3% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Solomon Islands?
The highest recorded value was 47.3% in 2022.
What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Solomon Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 2013.
How does Solomon Islands rank for compensation of employees?
Solomon Islands ranks 12th out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Solomon Islands 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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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.