Compensation of employees in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste: Compensation of employees was 14.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
14.7%
Change on year
down 14.0%
World rank
120th
of 155 countries
All-time high
21.8%
in 2017
All-time low
14.7%
in 2022
Years of data
13
2010–2022

Compensation of employees in Timor-Leste, 2010–2022

051015202010201620222010: 14.8 % of expense2011: 18 % of expense2012: 16.4 % of expense2013: 17 % of expense2014: 17.7 % of expense2015: 16.8 % of expense2016: 16.3 % of expense2017: 21.8 % of expense2018: 21.1 % of expense2019: 21.3 % of expense2020: 19.5 % of expense2021: 17.1 % of expense2022: 14.7 % of expense

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

Analysis

In 2022, compensation of employees in Timor-Leste stood at 14.7%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Timor-Leste peaked at 21.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2022.

That places Timor-Leste 120th out of 155 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Compensation of employees in Timor-Leste, year by year

Annual values for Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Timor-Leste, 2010 to 2022.
Year % of expense Change
2010 14.8%
2011 18.0% +22.0%
2012 16.4% -9.0%
2013 17.0% +3.8%
2014 17.7% +4.1%
2015 16.8% -5.1%
2016 16.3% -3.0%
2017 21.8% +34.1%
2018 21.1% -3.1%
2019 21.3% +0.9%
2020 19.5% -8.4%
2021 17.1% -12.5%
2022 14.7% -14.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 18.1% 14.8% 21.8% 10
2020s 17.1% 14.7% 19.5% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees in Timor-Leste?
Compensation of employees in Timor-Leste was 14.7% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Timor-Leste?
The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2017.
What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Timor-Leste?
The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2022.
How does Timor-Leste rank for compensation of employees?
Timor-Leste ranks 120th out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Timor-Leste 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.