Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Thailand
Thailand: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.8608 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Thailand, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Thailand stood at 0.8608.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Thailand peaked at 0.9412 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.8183, in 2011.
Thailand ranks 19th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.9412 | — |
| 2003 | 0.9395 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9079 | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8628 | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8667 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8723 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8429 | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8603 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8883 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8183 | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8593 | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8417 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8407 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.832 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8329 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8263 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8225 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8428 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8608 | +2.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.8608 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7869, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.8608 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6734, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8867 | 0.8429 | 0.9412 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8405 | 0.8183 | 0.8883 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8608 | 0.8608 | 0.8608 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 16 Guatemala 0.8772 compare
- 17 Cape Verde 0.8697 compare
- 18 Greece 0.8621 compare
- 20 Georgia 0.8586 compare
- 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8555 compare
- 22 El Salvador 0.8286 compare
More public sector data for Thailand
- Arms imports 73.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.02 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -74.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 73.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 77.06 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0104 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 5.52 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 569.59 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Thailand?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Thailand was 0.8608 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9412 in 2002.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8183 in 2011.
- How does Thailand rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Thailand ranks 19th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.