Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.6837 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom, 1973–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 0.6837 for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in 2020. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom peaked at 0.6837 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4354, in 1994.
United Kingdom ranks 33rd of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.4617 | — |
| 1974 | 0.4947 | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4692 | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 0.475 | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4595 | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.4579 | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4571 | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4624 | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4567 | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4484 | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.4568 | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4478 | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4526 | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.4442 | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4871 | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4843 | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.4983 | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5061 | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5002 | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4894 | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.4748 | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4354 | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5869 | +34.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5798 | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.5694 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5659 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5494 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5464 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5538 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.554 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5566 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5584 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5523 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5599 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5616 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.56 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5603 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.559 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5775 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6119 | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5821 | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6048 | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6077 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6158 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6596 | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.665 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6703 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6837 | +2.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 0.6837 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 0.6837 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 United Kingdom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +34.8% | 0.4354 | 0.5869 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4679 | 0.4571 | 0.4947 | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.4639 | 0.4442 | 0.4983 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5257 | 0.4354 | 0.5869 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5563 | 0.5464 | 0.5616 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6154 | 0.559 | 0.6703 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6837 | 0.6837 | 0.6837 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom?
- Compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's in United Kingdom was 0.6837 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6837 in 2020.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4354 in 1994.
- How does United Kingdom rank for compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's?
- United Kingdom ranks 33rd out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is compensation of employees, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.