Compensation of employees, Transactions in Spain
Spain: Compensation of employees, Transactions was 181.49 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Spain, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Spain recorded 181.49 billion for compensation of employees, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, transactions in Spain peaked at 181.49 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61.03 billion, in 1999.
Spain ranks 19th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Spain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 61.03 billion | — |
| 2000 | 65.00 billion | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 69.01 billion | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 73.02 billion | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 78.77 billion | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 84.47 billion | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 90.70 billion | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 98.01 billion | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 107.36 billion | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 118.02 billion | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 125.38 billion | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 124.58 billion | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 122.29 billion | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 113.63 billion | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 114.45 billion | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 115.01 billion | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 119.26 billion | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 121.55 billion | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 123.50 billion | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 127.67 billion | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 134.77 billion | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 140.65 billion | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 148.09 billion | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 154.46 billion | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 163.89 billion | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 172.75 billion | +5.4% |
| 2025 | 181.49 billion | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.03 billion | 61.03 billion | 61.03 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 90.97 billion | 65.00 billion | 125.38 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.67 billion | 113.63 billion | 134.77 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 160.22 billion | 140.65 billion | 181.49 billion | 6 |
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- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.03 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 -16.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 148.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 503.91 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0143 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 24.62 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 356.22 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, transactions in Spain?
- Compensation of employees, transactions in Spain was 181.49 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 181.49 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.03 billion in 1999.
- How does Spain rank for compensation of employees, transactions?
- Spain ranks 19th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compensation of employees, transactions rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.