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DEFINITION
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 Tajikistan :
9.33 %
2004 ...
#128 Spain :
9.33 %
2005 ...
#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 :
5.38 %
2005 ...
#135 Pakistan :
4.44 %
2005 ...
Weighted average:
27.4 %
DEFINITION: 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.
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