Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government) by country
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary...
What the numbers show
Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 123,472.00 trillion in Colombia; the lowest is 2.41 billion in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 201.69 billion, and the mean is 3,528.51 trillion.
Compensation of employees, Transactions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 123,472.00 trillion | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Hungary | 9.30 trillion | 2025 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 5.80 trillion | 2025 | up 2,993.2% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 2.42 trillion | 2025 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.40 trillion | 2025 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 832.16 billion | 2025 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 819.22 billion | 2025 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 8 | Norway | 737.39 billion | 2025 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 9 | Iceland | 709.59 billion | 2025 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Poland | 470.02 billion | 2025 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 439.85 billion | 2025 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 397.85 billion | 2025 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 384.27 billion | 2025 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 14 | France | 370.02 billion | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 298.90 billion | 2025 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 279.03 billion | 2025 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 203.84 billion | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 18 | Romania | 201.69 billion | 2025 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Spain | 181.49 billion | 2025 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 104.09 billion | 2025 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 21 | Belgium | 80.23 billion | 2025 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 58.78 billion | 2025 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 38.05 billion | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 24 | Ireland | 36.14 billion | 2025 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 32.61 billion | 2025 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 26 | Greece | 24.52 billion | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 16.05 billion | 2025 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 14.44 billion | 2025 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 10.45 billion | 2025 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 10.20 billion | 2025 | up 180.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovenia | 8.78 billion | 2025 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 5.33 billion | 2024 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Estonia | 5.12 billion | 2025 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Cyprus | 4.16 billion | 2025 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 2.41 billion | 2025 | up 111.9% | rising |
About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.