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Compensation of employees (% of expense) — series 2

Name: Compensation of employees (% of expense) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, %, compensation, employees, expense, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•157 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

26.7%

Median: 25.9%

Countries Covered

157

with available data

Highest

Mozambique

62.0%

Lowest

Kazakhstan

5.2%

Top 5 Countries

1Mozambique62.0%

2Lao People's Democratic Republic54.2%

3Botswana54.0%

4Belize52.4%

5Iraq51.9%

By Region

Other32.6%(86 countries)

Asia27.2%(19 countries)

Africa25.8%(7 countries)

South America16.5%(7 countries)

Oceania15.5%(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%)High (62.0%)

Regional Comparison

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

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

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

Showing 157 of 157 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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