Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Ukraine
Ukraine: Compensation of employees (% of expense) was 28.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Ukraine, 1999–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 28.6% for compensation of employees in 2023.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and up 146.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Ukraine peaked at 33.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2014.
That places Ukraine 64th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13.9% | — |
| 2000 | 14.9% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 16.5% | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 17.1% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 17.5% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | -18.3% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 12.3% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 11.6% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 16.6% | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 15.9% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 15.0% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 33.1% | +120.9% |
| 2023 | 28.6% | -13.5% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 28.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.6%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 28.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.4%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +120.9% | 15.0% | 33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.9% | 13.9% | 13.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 12.8% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 10.6% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 15.0% | 33.1% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Ukraine?
- Compensation of employees in Ukraine was 28.6% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 33.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2014.
- How does Ukraine rank for compensation of employees?
- Ukraine ranks 64th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.