Compensation of employees in Iraq
Iraq: Compensation of employees was 39.59 trillion current LCU in 2019. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Iraq, 2014–2019
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Iraq is 39.59 trillion current LCU, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
That places Iraq 7th out of 156 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Iraq
More public sector data for Iraq
- Arms imports 23.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 1.3% (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 2.0% (2019)
- Taxes on goods and services 0.4% (2019)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 9.0% (2019)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 2.0% (2019)
- Interest payments 0.0% (2019)
- Grants and other revenue 96.5% (2019)
- Interest payments 0.0% (2019)
- Other taxes 0.2% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Iraq?
- Compensation of employees in Iraq was 39.59 trillion current LCU in 2019, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 39.59 trillion current LCU in 2019.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.35 trillion current LCU in 2014.
- How does Iraq rank for compensation of employees?
- Iraq ranks 7th out of 156 countries with data for 2019.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.