Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level … total in Turkey
Turkey: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level … total was 0.9208 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in Turkey, 2008–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.9208 for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Turkey peaked at 0.9208 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8591, in 2008.
That places Turkey 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level … total in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.8591 | — |
| 2009 | 0.875 | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8775 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8869 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8911 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.892 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8959 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9067 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9108 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.912 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9178 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9149 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9208 | +0.6% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.9208 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7869, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.9208 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5406, 1.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8671 | 0.8591 | 0.875 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9006 | 0.8775 | 0.9178 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9208 | 0.9208 | 0.9208 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Turkey?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in Turkey was 0.9208 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9208 in 2020.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8591 in 2008.
- How does Turkey rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- Turkey ranks 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.