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Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.
Labor Statistics > Compensation of employees > % of expense (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Jordan :
57.72 %
2004 ...
#2
Vanuatu :
55.29 %
1999 ...
#3
Netherlands Antilles :
54.87 %
1995 ...
#4
Belize :
53.52 %
1997 ...
#5
Central African Republic :
53.47 %
2004 ...
#6
Paraguay :
52.09 %
2005 ...
#7
Bahrain :
49.78 %
2005 ...
#8
Kenya :
49.54 %
2004 ...
#9
Macau :
49.23 %
2005 ...
#10
Yemen :
48.85 %
1999 ...
#11
Ecuador :
48.64 %
1994 ...
#12
Namibia :
48.61 %
2003 ...
#13
Afghanistan :
47.3 %
2005 ...
#14
Iran :
47.14 %
2005 ...
#15
Ghana :
44.82 %
2004 ...
#16
Morocco :
43.29 %
2005 ...
#17
Barbados :
42.87 %
2004 ...
#18
Fiji :
42.17 %
2005 ...
#19
Bahamas, The :
42.08 %
2005 ...
#20
Swaziland :
41.99 %
2003 ...
#21
Costa Rica :
41.41 %
2005 ...
#22
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
41.03 %
2003 ...
#23
Burkina Faso :
40.72 %
2005 ...
#24
Sudan :
40.62 %
1999 ...
#25
Kyrgyzstan :
40.61 %
2001 ...
#26
Mauritius :
39.46 %
2005 ...
#27
El Salvador :
39.25 %
2005 ...
#28
Tunisia :
39.05 %
2005 ...
#29
Madagascar :
38.93 %
2004 ...
#30
Côte d'Ivoire :
38.65 %
2005 ...
#31
Bhutan :
38.58 %
2004 ...
#32
Lesotho :
37.86 %
2004 ...
#33
Zimbabwe :
37.74 %
1997 ...
#34
Cameroon :
37.09 %
1999 ...
#35
Panama :
37.06 %
2001 ...
#36
Congo, Republic of the :
36.97 %
2003 ...
#37
Burundi :
36.81 %
1996 ...
#38
Cambodia :
36.37 %
2005 ...
#39
United Arab Emirates :
36 %
1999 ...
#40
Rwanda :
35.76 %
1992 ...
#41
Thailand :
34.89 %
2005 ...
#42
Malta :
34.76 %
2004 ...
#43
Senegal :
34.07 %
2001 ...
#44
Cyprus :
33.1 %
2005 ...
#45
Egypt :
33.04 %
2002 ...
#46
Trinidad and Tobago :
32.97 %
2004 ...
#47
Lebanon :
32.97 %
2004 ...
#48
San Marino :
32.65 %
2004 ...
#49
Jamaica :
31.79 %
2005 ...
#50
Gambia, The :
31.67 %
1990 ...
#51
Algeria :
31.54 %
2002 ...
#52
Oman :
31.51 %
2001 ...
#53
Kuwait :
31.4 %
2005 ...
#54
Zambia :
31.13 %
1999 ...
#55
Singapore :
31.11 %
2004 ...
#56
Botswana :
30.95 %
1996 ...
#57
Togo :
30.77 %
2005 ...
#58
Philippines :
30.34 %
2005 ...
#59
Nicaragua :
29.95 %
2005 ...
#60
Guinea :
29.73 %
1999 ...
#61
Albania :
29.67 %
2004 ...
#62
Iceland :
29.63 %
2002 ...
#63
Malaysia :
29.62 %
2003 ...
#64
Portugal :
29.59 %
2005 ...
#65
Mongolia :
29.54 %
2003 ...
#66
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
28.38 %
2005 ...
#67
Dominican Republic :
28.02 %
2004 ...
#68
Sri Lanka :
27.98 %
2005 ...
#69
Papua New Guinea :
27.78 %
2002 ...
#70
Seychelles :
27.04 %
2005 ...
#71
Croatia :
26.32 %
2005 ...
#72
Sierra Leone :
25.98 %
2004 ...
#73
New Zealand :
25.62 %
2005 ...
#74
Bangladesh :
25.49 %
2004 ...
#75
Guatemala :
25.49 %
2005 ...
#76
Benin :
25.29 %
2005 ...
#77
Greece :
24.87 %
2005 ...
#78
Maldives :
24.37 %
2005 ...
#79
Israel :
24.28 %
2005 ...
#80
Ireland :
23.98 %
2005 ...
#81
Bolivia :
23.26 %
2005 ...
#82
Uruguay :
22.34 %
2005 ...
#83
France :
22.08 %
2005 ...
#84
Estonia :
21.15 %
2004 ...
#85
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21.05 %
2001 ...
#86
Chile :
20.83 %
2005 ...
#87
Colombia :
20.46 %
2005 ...
#88
Armenia :
20.45 %
2005 ...
#89
Peru :
20.09 %
2005 ...
#90
Lithuania :
19.76 %
2005 ...
#91
Russia :
19.21 %
2005 ...
#92
Slovenia :
18.73 %
2005 ...
#93
Mexico :
17.09 %
2000 ...
#94
Georgia :
16.73 %
2005 ...
#95
Italy :
16.41 %
2005 ...
#96
Norway :
16.23 %
2005 ...
#97
Luxembourg :
16.05 %
2005 ...
#98
Venezuela :
15.93 %
2005 ...
#99
Romania :
15.73 %
2002 ...
#100
Latvia :
15.72 %
2005 ...
#101
Turkey :
15.58 %
2001 ...
#102
United Kingdom :
14.97 %
2005 ...
#103
South Africa :
14.78 %
2005 ...
#104
Hungary :
14.3 %
2005 ...
#105
Moldova :
14 %
2005 ...
#106
Ethiopia :
13.52 %
2002 ...
#107
Serbia and Montenegro :
13.51 %
2002 ...
#108
Denmark :
13.45 %
2004 ...
#109
Brazil :
13.11 %
1998 ...
#110
United States :
12.96 %
2005 ...
#111
Ukraine :
12.83 %
2005 ...
#112
Belarus :
12.77 %
2005 ...
#113
Indonesia :
12.73 %
2004 ...
#114
Slovakia :
12.63 %
2005 ...
#115
Poland :
12.11 %
2005 ...
#116
Canada :
12.04 %
2005 ...
#117
Austria :
11.87 %
2005 ...
#118
Azerbaijan :
11.86 %
1998 ...
#119
Argentina :
11.51 %
2004 ...
#120
Korea, South :
11.33 %
2005 ...
#121
Bulgaria :
11.25 %
2005 ...
#122
Uganda :
10.59 %
2003 ...
#123
Sweden :
10.44 %
2005 ...
#124
Finland :
10.3 %
2005 ...
#125
Australia :
10.12 %
2005 ...
#126
India :
9.88 %
2004 ...
#127
Spain :
9.33 %
2005 ...
#128
Tajikistan :
9.33 %
2004 ...
#129
Czech Republic :
8.55 %
2005 ...
#130
Netherlands :
8.49 %
2005 ...
#131
Kazakhstan :
7.43 %
2005 ...
#132
Switzerland :
7.34 %
2002 ...
#133
Belgium :
6.93 %
2005 ...
#134
Germany :