Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Hungary
Hungary: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.7898 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Hungary, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Hungary is 0.7898, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 63.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Hungary peaked at 0.7898 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4313, in 1995.
Hungary ranks 26th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4313 | — |
| 1996 | 0.4331 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4353 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.444 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4551 | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4767 | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4761 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4832 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4666 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4639 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4651 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.468 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.483 | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4926 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4845 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4832 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5091 | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6029 | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7547 | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7503 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7506 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7568 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7675 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7723 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7742 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7898 | +2.0% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 0.7898 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 0.7898 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 1.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Hungary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +25.2% | 0.6029 | 0.7547 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4398 | 0.4313 | 0.4551 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.476 | 0.4639 | 0.4926 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6922 | 0.4832 | 0.7742 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7898 | 0.7898 | 0.7898 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More public sector data for Hungary
- Arms imports 604.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 63.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 146.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 604.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 495.15 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0212 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.73 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,685 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Hungary?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Hungary was 0.7898 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7898 in 2020.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4313 in 1995.
- How does Hungary rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Hungary ranks 26th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.