Compensation of employees in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Compensation of employees was 383.66 million current LCU in 2017. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Saint Lucia, 2000–2017
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 383.66 million current LCU for compensation of employees in 2017.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Saint Lucia peaked at 400.64 million current LCU in 2016 and was at its lowest, 202.02 million current LCU, in 2000.
That places Saint Lucia 143rd out of 156 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 240.16 million current LCU | 202.02 million current LCU | 309.01 million current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 369.17 million current LCU | 336.64 million current LCU | 400.64 million current LCU | 8 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 140 Bahamas 843.34 million current LCU compare
- 141 Barbados 807.10 million current LCU compare
- 142 Belize 530.42 million current LCU compare
- 144 Samoa 351.29 million current LCU compare
- 145 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 280.81 million current LCU compare
- 146 East Timor 247.62 million current LCU compare
More public sector data for Saint Lucia
- Tax revenue 18.2% (2017)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 22.7% (2017)
- Taxes on goods and services 34.8% (2017)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 4.0% (2017)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -0.9% (2017)
- Interest payments 13.6% (2017)
- Grants and other revenue 12.2% (2017)
- Interest payments 16.1% (2017)
- Other taxes 1.1% (2017)
- Compensation of employees 40.4% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Saint Lucia?
- Compensation of employees in Saint Lucia was 383.66 million current LCU in 2017, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 400.64 million current LCU in 2016.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 202.02 million current LCU in 2000.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for compensation of employees?
- Saint Lucia ranks 143rd out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.