Compensation of employees (% of expense) in East Timor
East Timor: Compensation of employees (% of expense) was 14.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in East Timor, 2010–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, compensation of employees in East Timor 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 East Timor peaked at 21.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2022.
That places East Timor 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 (% of expense) in East Timor, year by year
| 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% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 14.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 31.8%, 46% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 14.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 29.6%, 50% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.1% | 14.8% | 21.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 14.7% | 19.5% | 3 |
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More public sector data for East Timor
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 33.13 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0249 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in East Timor?
- Compensation of employees in East Timor 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2022.
- How does East Timor rank for compensation of employees?
- East Timor ranks 120th out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.