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High income OECD countries Compared by Labor > Expense > Current LCU

DEFINITION: Expense (current LCU). Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Korea 251.89 trillion 2011
2 Japan 92.71 trillion 2011
3 Chile 24.3 trillion 2011
4 United States 3.92 trillion 2011
5 Czech Republic 1.35 trillion 2011
6 Sweden 1.11 trillion 2011
7 France 956.83 billion 2011
8 Norway 948.88 billion 2011
9 Germany 770.99 billion 2011
10 Denmark 764.62 billion 2011
11 United Kingdom 671.66 billion 2011
12 Italy 655.8 billion 2011
13 Iceland 590.75 billion 2011
14 Poland 523.48 billion 2011
15 Israel 386.56 billion 2012
16 Australia 366.28 billion 2011
17 Canada 317.53 billion 2011
18 Spain 306.6 billion 2011
19 Netherlands 268.14 billion 2011
20 Belgium 165.48 billion 2011
21 Austria 115.91 billion 2011
22 Greece 109.4 billion 2011
23 Switzerland 92.62 billion 2008
24 New Zealand 86.06 billion 2011
25 Portugal 75.39 billion 2011
26 Finland 74.77 billion 2011
27 Ireland 71.64 billion 2011
28 Slovakia 24.38 billion 2011
29 Luxembourg 16.3 billion 2011
30 Slovenia 15.66 billion 2011
31 Estonia 5.14 billion 2011

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High income OECD countries Compared by Labor > Expense > Current LCU

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Interesting observations about Labor > Expense > Current LCU

  • Indonesia has had the highest expense > current LCU since 1997.
  • All of the top 2 countries by expense > current LCU are Muslim.
  • Grenada has ranked last for expense > current LCU since 2005.
  • Iran has ranked in the top 2 for expense > current LCU since 2000.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by expense > current LCU are East Asian and Pacific.
  • South Korea has ranked in the top 3 for expense > current LCU since 1990.
  • 78 of the top 141 countries by expense > current LCU are Christian.
  • 17 of the top 29 countries by expense > current LCU are Hot countries.
  • Colombia has ranked in the top 4 for expense > current LCU since 2001.
  • 6 of the top 15 countries by expense > current LCU are Landlocked.
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