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

Chile: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.7057 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.7057
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
31st
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.9244
in 1992
All-time low
0.6939
in 2019
Years of data
19
1992–2020

Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Chile, 1992–2020

00.20.40.60.811992200620201992: 0.9241993: 0.9231994: 0.9172005: 0.7322006: 0.7392007: 0.7392008: 0.8012009: 0.7712010: 0.7352011: 0.7392012: 0.7312013: 0.7262014: 0.7182015: 0.7142016: 0.712017: 0.7022018: 0.6992019: 0.6942020: 0.706

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

In 2020, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Chile stood at 0.7057.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Chile peaked at 0.9244 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.6939, in 2019.

That places Chile 31st out of 79 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Chile, 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 Chile, 1992 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1992 0.9244
1993 0.9234 -0.1%
1994 0.9172 -0.7%
2005 0.732 -20.2%
2006 0.7392 +1.0%
2007 0.7392 +0.0%
2008 0.8007 +8.3%
2009 0.7712 -3.7%
2010 0.735 -4.7%
2011 0.7387 +0.5%
2012 0.7305 -1.1%
2013 0.7262 -0.6%
2014 0.7176 -1.2%
2015 0.7135 -0.6%
2016 0.7095 -0.6%
2017 0.7022 -1.0%
2018 0.6993 -0.4%
2019 0.6939 -0.8%
2020 0.7057 +1.7%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 0.7057 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 0.7057 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6919, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9216 0.9172 0.9244 3
2000s 0.7564 0.732 0.8007 5
2010s 0.7166 0.6939 0.7387 10
2020s 0.7057 0.7057 0.7057 1

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 28 Kyrgyzstan 0.7639 compare
  2. 29 Kenya 0.7623 compare
  3. 30 Luxembourg 0.709 compare
  4. 32 Romania 0.6979 compare
  5. 33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6837 compare
  6. 34 Costa Rica 0.6781 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 Chile?
Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Chile was 0.7057 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 0.9244 in 1992.
What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6939 in 2019.
How does Chile rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
Chile ranks 31st out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Chile 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
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Coverage
79 places, 1,583 data points, 1973–2020
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