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

Latest (2020)
0.7898
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
26th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.7898
in 2020
All-time low
0.4313
in 1995
Years of data
26
1995–2020

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

00.20.40.60.81995200720201995: 0.4311996: 0.4331997: 0.4351998: 0.4441999: 0.4552000: 0.4772001: 0.4762002: 0.4832003: 0.4672004: 0.4642005: 0.4652006: 0.4682007: 0.4832008: 0.4932009: 0.4842010: 0.4832011: 0.5092012: 0.6032013: 0.7552014: 0.752015: 0.7512016: 0.7572017: 0.7672018: 0.7722019: 0.7742020: 0.79

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

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 Hungary, 1995 to 2020.
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.

YearChange FromTo
2013 +25.2% 0.6029 0.7547

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 23 Israel 0.8254 compare
  2. 24 Palau 0.803 compare
  3. 25 Portugal 0.798 compare
  4. 27 Albania 0.7869 compare
  5. 28 Kyrgyzstan 0.7639 compare
  6. 29 Kenya 0.7623 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 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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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
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