World Bank · Public Sector
Spain: Compensation of employees (current LCU)
31.60Bcurrent LCU · 2024+28.4% since 2014
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. Annual figures for Spain from 1972 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current LCU) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31,598,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 30,261,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 29,038,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 27,896,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 27,167,000,000 | |
| 2019 | 26,509,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 25,438,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 24,807,000,000 | |
| 2016 | 25,078,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 25,080,000,000 | |
| 2014 | 24,608,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 24,852,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 23,853,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 25,146,000,000 | |
| 2010 | 25,626,000,000 | |
| 2009 | 25,744,000,000 | |
| 2008 | 24,536,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 22,968,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 21,528,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 20,113,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 19,104,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 18,032,000,000 | |
| 2002 | 18,870,000,000 | |
| 2001 | 21,641,000,000 | |
| 2000 | 21,029,000,000 | |
| 1999 | 22,711,000,000 | |
| 1998 | 23,334,000,000 | |
| 1997 | 22,592,000,000 | |
| 1996 | 22,388,000,000 | |
| 1995 | 22,487,000,000 | |
| 1994 | 16,228,528,842.571 | |
| 1993 | 16,853,581,431.13 | |
| 1992 | 15,591,456,011.924 | |
| 1991 | 14,493,406,897.215 | |
| 1990 | 13,739,136,706.213 | |
| 1989 | 17,740,675,297.201 | |
| 1988 | 15,669,587,585.494 | |
| 1987 | 14,093,733,847.8 | |
| 1986 | 11,013,546,812.833 | |
| 1985 | 10,286,322,166.528 | |
| 1984 | 11,360,330,797.062 | |
| 1983 | 10,615,075,787.626 | |
| 1982 | 9,674,491,844.266 | |
| 1981 | 8,483,285,853.377 | |
| 1980 | 7,729,015,662.375 | |
| 1979 | 6,325,051,386.535 | |
| 1978 | 5,067,133,052.06 | |
| 1977 | 3,954,058,634.741 | |
| 1976 | 2,825,958,914.813 | |
| 1975 | 2,190,088,108.375 | |
| 1974 | 1,765,773,562.68 | |
| 1973 | 1,428,004,760.016 | |
| 1972 | 1,183,993,845.636 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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