Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Romania
Romania: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.6979 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Romania, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Romania is 0.6979, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Romania peaked at 0.9278 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.5669, in 2017.
That places Romania 32nd 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 26 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.9278 | — |
| 1996 | 0.8992 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8879 | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8523 | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.879 | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8591 | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6268 | -27.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6407 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6416 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6516 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.653 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6265 | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6635 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6603 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6456 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6488 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6061 | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6079 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5871 | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5928 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5903 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5921 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5669 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.698 | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7137 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6979 | -2.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.6979 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.6979 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -27.0% | 0.8591 | 0.6268 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8892 | 0.8523 | 0.9278 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6669 | 0.6265 | 0.8591 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6204 | 0.5669 | 0.7137 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6979 | 0.6979 | 0.6979 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 29 Kenya 0.7623 compare
- 30 Luxembourg 0.709 compare
- 31 Chile 0.7057 compare
- 33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6837 compare
- 34 Costa Rica 0.6781 compare
- 35 Slovenia 0.6459 compare
More public sector data for Romania
- Arms imports 278.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 14.59 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 -19.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 278.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 457.48 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0228 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 54.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 8.72 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,495 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Romania?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Romania was 0.6979 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9278 in 1995.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5669 in 2017.
- How does Romania rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Romania ranks 32nd out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.