Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Norway
Norway: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.4138 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Norway, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Norway stood at 0.4138.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Norway peaked at 0.4317 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2574, in 2001.
That places Norway 57th out of 79 countries with data for 2020, putting it 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.2769 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2745 | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.2758 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2706 | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2684 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2676 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2574 | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4175 | +62.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4207 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.4285 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4293 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4317 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4267 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.42 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4152 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4179 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4143 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4132 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4121 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4153 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4179 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4132 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4122 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4109 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.408 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4138 | +1.4% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 0.4138 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 83% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Norway's 0.4138 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 77% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Norway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +62.2% | 0.2574 | 0.4175 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2732 | 0.2684 | 0.2769 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3915 | 0.2574 | 0.4317 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4135 | 0.408 | 0.4179 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4138 | 0.4138 | 0.4138 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More public sector data for Norway
- Arms imports 349.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 62.63 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 74.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 349.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,873 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0208 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 10.44 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 549.04 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Norway?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Norway was 0.4138 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4317 in 2006.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2574 in 2001.
- How does Norway rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Norway ranks 57th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.