Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level … total in Moldova
Moldova: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level … total was 0.409 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Moldova, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.409 for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Moldova peaked at 0.5299 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.409, in 2020.
That places Moldova 58th 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 … total in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.4865 | — |
| 2003 | 0.4792 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5299 | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5167 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5207 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5286 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5095 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4931 | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4707 | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4547 | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4635 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4671 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4679 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.46 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4559 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4862 | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4809 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4131 | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 0.409 | -1.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.409 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7869, 52% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.409 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 76% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.508 | 0.4792 | 0.5299 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.462 | 0.4131 | 0.4862 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.409 | 0.409 | 0.409 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Moldova?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Moldova was 0.409 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5299 in 2004.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.409 in 2020.
- How does Moldova rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Moldova ranks 58th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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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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.