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

Croatia: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.5082 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.5082
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
49th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.7211
in 1995
All-time low
0.5082
in 2020
Years of data
26
1995–2020

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

00.20.40.60.81995200720201995: 0.7211996: 0.6961997: 0.6941998: 0.6541999: 0.6462000: 0.642001: 0.6342002: 0.5512003: 0.5332004: 0.5222005: 0.5342006: 0.5412007: 0.5532008: 0.5422009: 0.5462010: 0.5372011: 0.5382012: 0.5382013: 0.5282014: 0.5182015: 0.5132016: 0.5132017: 0.5142018: 0.512019: 0.5112020: 0.508

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

In 2020, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Croatia stood at 0.5082. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Croatia peaked at 0.7211 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.5082, in 2020.

Croatia ranks 49th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Croatia, 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 Croatia, 1995 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1995 0.7211
1996 0.6958 -3.5%
1997 0.6941 -0.3%
1998 0.6542 -5.7%
1999 0.6456 -1.3%
2000 0.6395 -0.9%
2001 0.6342 -0.8%
2002 0.5515 -13.0%
2003 0.5329 -3.4%
2004 0.5222 -2.0%
2005 0.5338 +2.2%
2006 0.5408 +1.3%
2007 0.5534 +2.3%
2008 0.5417 -2.1%
2009 0.5458 +0.8%
2010 0.5366 -1.7%
2011 0.5384 +0.3%
2012 0.5384 +0.0%
2013 0.5278 -2.0%
2014 0.5185 -1.8%
2015 0.5126 -1.1%
2016 0.5134 +0.2%
2017 0.5142 +0.2%
2018 0.51 -0.8%
2019 0.5112 +0.2%
2020 0.5082 -0.6%

Croatia compared with similar countries

  • Croatia's 0.5082 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Croatia's 0.5082 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 94% of the median. (45 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6822 0.6456 0.7211 5
2000s 0.5596 0.5222 0.6395 10
2010s 0.5221 0.51 0.5384 10
2020s 0.5082 0.5082 0.5082 1

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 46 Ukraine 0.5277 compare
  2. 47 Lithuania 0.5249 compare
  3. 48 Colombia 0.5223 compare
  4. 50 Iceland 0.4911 compare
  5. 51 France 0.4715 compare
  6. 52 Peru 0.4713 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Croatia?
Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Croatia was 0.5082 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 0.7211 in 1995.
What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5082 in 2020.
How does Croatia rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
Croatia ranks 49th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Croatia 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
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Coverage
79 places, 1,583 data points, 1973–2020
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