Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Ireland
Ireland: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.9148 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Ireland, 1991–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Ireland is 0.9148, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Ireland peaked at 0.9162 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4822, in 2003.
Ireland ranks 12th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.5358 | — |
| 1992 | 0.5364 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5126 | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.5135 | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.5974 | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 0.593 | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.5804 | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.5794 | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.5471 | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5239 | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.5014 | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.49 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4822 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4836 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8447 | +74.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8477 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8743 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8725 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8811 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.889 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8903 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8867 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8858 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9162 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9131 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9135 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.912 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9148 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9149 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9148 | -0.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 0.9148 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 0.9148 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 1.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +74.7% | 0.4836 | 0.8447 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5551 | 0.5126 | 0.5974 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6801 | 0.4822 | 0.8811 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9036 | 0.8858 | 0.9162 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9148 | 0.9148 | 0.9148 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More public sector data for Ireland
- Arms imports 63.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 11.86 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -74.29 % change on previous year (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 63.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 246.58 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0022 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 914.5 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Ireland?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Ireland was 0.9148 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9162 in 2014.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4822 in 2003.
- How does Ireland rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Ireland ranks 12th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.