Compensation of employees in Tonga
Tonga: Compensation of employees was 33.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in Tonga, 2013–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in Tonga stood at 33.8%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Tonga peaked at 45.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.8%, in 2023.
Tonga ranks 51st of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 43.4% | — |
| 2014 | 41.8% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 45.5% | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 43.8% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 40.0% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 37.9% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 40.3% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 37.6% | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 37.5% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 33.8% | -9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41.5% | 37.9% | 45.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 37.3% | 33.8% | 40.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More public sector data for Tonga
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 66.22 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 9,722 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2020)
- Tax revenue 20.5% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 8.9% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services 30.0% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.8% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 5.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Tonga?
- Compensation of employees in Tonga was 33.8% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 45.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.8% in 2023.
- How does Tonga rank for compensation of employees?
- Tonga ranks 51st out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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.