Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Austria

Austria: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.397 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.397
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
60th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.4091
in 2006
All-time low
0.3784
in 2002
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Austria, 1995–2020

00.10.20.30.41995200720201995: 0.3871996: 0.3851997: 0.3871998: 0.3851999: 0.3872000: 0.3862001: 0.3842002: 0.3782003: 0.3822004: 0.3872005: 0.4062006: 0.4092007: 0.4092008: 0.4082009: 0.4072010: 0.4072011: 0.4052012: 0.4072013: 0.4042014: 0.4042015: 0.4032016: 0.4022017: 0.4032018: 0.4022019: 0.3992020: 0.397

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

The most recent figure for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Austria is 0.397, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Austria peaked at 0.4091 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.3784, in 2002.

Austria ranks 60th of 79 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) in Austria, 1995 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1995 0.3867
1996 0.3853 -0.4%
1997 0.3869 +0.4%
1998 0.3849 -0.5%
1999 0.3873 +0.6%
2000 0.3863 -0.3%
2001 0.3839 -0.6%
2002 0.3784 -1.4%
2003 0.3817 +0.9%
2004 0.3874 +1.5%
2005 0.4056 +4.7%
2006 0.4091 +0.9%
2007 0.4087 -0.1%
2008 0.4078 -0.2%
2009 0.4068 -0.2%
2010 0.4066 -0.1%
2011 0.4048 -0.4%
2012 0.4071 +0.6%
2013 0.4037 -0.8%
2014 0.4039 +0.1%
2015 0.4033 -0.2%
2016 0.4017 -0.4%
2017 0.4027 +0.2%
2018 0.4021 -0.1%
2019 0.3993 -0.7%
2020 0.397 -0.6%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 0.397 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 79% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 0.397 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 73% of the median. (45 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3862 0.3849 0.3873 5
2000s 0.3956 0.3784 0.4091 10
2010s 0.4035 0.3993 0.4071 10
2020s 0.397 0.397 0.397 1

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 57 Norway 0.4138 compare
  2. 58 Republic of Moldova 0.409 compare
  3. 59 Russian Federation 0.3984 compare
  4. 61 Belarus 0.3716 compare
  5. 62 Netherlands 0.3618 compare
  6. 63 Serbia 0.3576 compare

See the full ranking of 79 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Austria?
Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Austria was 0.397 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 0.4091 in 2006.
What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3784 in 2002.
How does Austria rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
Austria ranks 60th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
79 places, 1,583 data points, 1973–2020
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