Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda

Rwanda: Share of employee compensation in public spending was 14.32 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
14.32
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
124th
of 155 countries
All-time high
44.84
in 1991
All-time low
14.32
in 2023
Years of data
13
1990–2023

Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda, 1990–2023

102030401990200620231990: 43.51991: 44.81992: 35.82014: 22.22015: 23.12016: 21.62017: 20.62018: 202019: 17.22020: 16.42021: 16.82022: 14.52023: 14.3

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda stood at 14.32. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda peaked at 44.84 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 14.32, in 2023.

That places Rwanda 124th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda, year by year

Annual values for Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda, 1990 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1990 43.55
1991 44.84 +3.0%
1992 35.76 -20.2%
2014 22.16 -38.0%
2015 23.11 +4.3%
2016 21.6 -6.5%
2017 20.59 -4.7%
2018 19.96 -3.1%
2019 17.18 -13.9%
2020 16.39 -4.6%
2021 16.76 +2.3%
2022 14.47 -13.7%
2023 14.32 -1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 41.38 35.76 44.84 3
2010s 20.77 17.18 23.11 6
2020s 15.48 14.32 16.76 4

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 121 Norway 14.68 compare
  2. 122 Croatia 14.53 compare
  3. 123 Georgia 14.36 compare
  4. 125 Azerbaijan 14.23 compare
  5. 126 South Africa 14.18 compare
  6. 127 Nepal 14.08 compare

See the full ranking of 155 places →

More work & labour data for Rwanda

All data for Rwanda →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda?
Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda was 14.32 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of employee compensation in public spending recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 44.84 in 1991.
What is the lowest share of employee compensation in public spending recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 14.32 in 2023.
How does Rwanda rank for share of employee compensation in public spending?
Rwanda ranks 124th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of employee compensation in public spending rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Rwanda data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of employee compensation in public spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employee-compensation-in-public-spending/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employee-compensation-in-public-spending/rwanda/">Share of employee compensation in public spending in Rwanda</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of employee compensation in public spending
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,295 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed