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Compensation of employees (% of expense) — series 3

Name: Compensation of employees (% of expense) — series 3
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, % of expense, compensation, employees, expense, series

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•157 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

26.7% of expense

Median: 25.9% of expense

Countries Covered

157

with available data

Highest

Mozambique

62.0% of expense

Lowest

Kazakhstan

5.2% of expense

Top 5 Countries

1Mozambique62.0% of expense

2Lao People's Democratic Republic54.2% of expense

3Botswana54.0% of expense

4Belize52.4% of expense

5Iraq51.9% of expense

By Region

Other32.6% of expense(86 countries)

Asia27.2% of expense(19 countries)

Africa25.8% of expense(7 countries)

South America16.5% of expense(7 countries)

Oceania15.5% of expense(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.2% of expense)High (62.0% of expense)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 26.7% of expense)

Other (86)

Asia (19)

Africa (7)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Mozambique	62.0% of expense
2	Lao People's Democratic Republic	54.2% of expense
3	Botswana	54.0% of expense
4	Belize	52.4% of expense
5	Iraq	51.9% of expense
6	Central African Republic	49.9% of expense
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	49.8% of expense
8	Honduras	48.6% of expense
9	Saudi Arabia	48.5% of expense
10	Burundi	48.1% of expense
11	Madagascar	47.9% of expense
12	Solomon Islands	47.3% of expense
13	Eswatini	47.0% of expense
14	Guinea	46.6% of expense
15	Samoa	46.1% of expense
16	Vanuatu	46.1% of expense
17	Jordan	46.0% of expense
18	Gabon	45.0% of expense
19	Lesotho	44.7% of expense
20	Kyrgyzstan	43.6% of expense
21	Mali	43.3% of expense
22	Somalia	42.0% of expense
23	Paraguay	41.5% of expense
24	El Salvador	40.9% of expense
25	Burkina Faso	40.7% of expense
26	Bhutan	40.4% of expense
27	Saint Lucia	40.4% of expense
28	Cape Verde	39.9% of expense
29	Islamic Republic of Iran	39.8% of expense
30	Bahrain	39.5% of expense
31	Angola	39.3% of expense
32	Maldives	39.1% of expense
33	Cambodia	38.9% of expense
34	Namibia	38.8% of expense
35	Morocco	38.5% of expense
36	Guinea-Bissau	38.4% of expense
37	Jamaica	38.0% of expense
38	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37.4% of expense
39	Seychelles	37.3% of expense
40	Senegal	37.1% of expense
41	Sudan	36.8% of expense
42	Zimbabwe	36.6% of expense
43	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.7% of expense
44	Marshall Islands	35.3% of expense
45	Dominican Republic	35.2% of expense
46	Tunisia	35.1% of expense
47	Philippines	35.0% of expense
48	Cameroon	34.7% of expense
49	Panama	34.3% of expense
50	Afghanistan	34.0% of expense
51	Nauru	33.9% of expense
52	Tonga	33.8% of expense
53	Macao	33.4% of expense
54	Malawi	32.5% of expense
55	United Arab Emirates	32.2% of expense
56	Trinidad and Tobago	32.1% of expense
57	Lebanon	32.1% of expense
58	Guatemala	32.0% of expense
59	Nicaragua	32.0% of expense
60	Togo	31.7% of expense
61	Kiribati	31.4% of expense
62	Niger	31.3% of expense
63	Palau	31.0% of expense
64	Malaysia	29.6% of expense
65	Republic of The Gambia	28.7% of expense
66	Ukraine	28.6% of expense
67	Ecuador	28.6% of expense
68	Ghana	28.3% of expense
69	Zambia	28.0% of expense
70	Fiji	27.7% of expense
71	Cyprus	27.4% of expense
72	Egypt	27.2% of expense
73	Malta	26.9% of expense
74	Costa Rica	26.8% of expense
75	Mauritius	26.6% of expense
76	Ireland	26.6% of expense
77	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.2% of expense
78	Bahamas	25.9% of expense
79	Republic of the Congo	25.9% of expense
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.8% of expense
81	Tajikistan	24.8% of expense
82	Barbados	24.7% of expense
83	Kuwait	24.2% of expense
84	Iceland	23.8% of expense
85	San Marino	23.5% of expense
86	Cote d'Ivoire	23.3% of expense
87	Thailand	22.6% of expense
88	Israel	22.4% of expense
89	Uruguay	22.2% of expense
90	Bolivia	22.2% of expense
91	Myanmar	22.0% of expense
92	Equatorial Guinea	21.7% of expense
93	New Zealand	21.5% of expense
94	Uzbekistan	21.3% of expense
95	Portugal	21.1% of expense
96	Türkiye	20.9% of expense
97	Albania	20.5% of expense
98	Luxembourg	20.5% of expense
99	Bangladesh	20.3% of expense
100	Chile	19.9% of expense
101	Armenia	19.3% of expense
102	Latvia	19.2% of expense
103	Hungary	19.1% of expense
104	Romania	19.0% of expense
105	Sri Lanka	18.9% of expense
106	Singapore	18.8% of expense
107	Greece	18.4% of expense
108	Kenya	18.4% of expense
109	Bulgaria	18.0% of expense
110	France	17.6% of expense
111	United Republic of Tanzania	17.5% of expense
112	Uganda	17.4% of expense
113	Slovenia	16.8% of expense
114	Serbia	16.7% of expense
115	Estonia	16.4% of expense
116	Slovakia	16.4% of expense
117	United Kingdom	15.8% of expense
118	Peru	15.6% of expense
119	Lithuania	15.6% of expense
120	Ethiopia	14.8% of expense
121	Indonesia	14.8% of expense
122	Timor-Leste	14.7% of expense
123	Norway	14.7% of expense
124	Croatia	14.5% of expense
125	Georgia	14.4% of expense
126	Rwanda	14.3% of expense
127	Azerbaijan	14.2% of expense
128	South Africa	14.2% of expense
129	Nepal	14.1% of expense
130	Belarus	14.1% of expense
131	Argentina	12.9% of expense
132	The Republic of North Macedonia	12.4% of expense
133	Poland	12.3% of expense
134	India	12.1% of expense
135	Czech Republic	12.1% of expense
136	Russian Federation	11.9% of expense
137	Papua New Guinea	11.2% of expense
138	Denmark	11.0% of expense
139	Italy	10.9% of expense
140	Canada	10.2% of expense
141	Austria	10.1% of expense
142	Mongolia	9.9% of expense
143	Colombia	9.8% of expense
144	Australia	9.5% of expense
145	Moldova, Republic of	9.5% of expense
146	Mexico	9.2% of expense
147	Sweden	9.2% of expense
148	South Korea	8.8% of expense
149	United States of America	8.1% of expense
150	Netherlands	7.8% of expense
151	Finland	7.1% of expense
152	Switzerland	7.0% of expense
153	Brazil	6.6% of expense
154	Spain	5.9% of expense
155	Belgium	5.9% of expense
156	Germany	5.7% of expense
157	Kazakhstan	5.2% of expense

Showing 157 of 157 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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