{"entity":{"iso2":"SG","iso3":"SGP","name":"Singapore","slug":"singapore"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"share-of-employee-compensation-in-public-spending","source":"International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics, via World Bank (2026) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-employee-compensation-in-public-spending","title":"Employee compensation as share of government spending","unit":"% of expense"},"observations":[{"date":"1972-01-01","value":41.2851},{"date":"1973-01-01","value":38.4295},{"date":"1974-01-01","value":40.295},{"date":"1975-01-01","value":40.0},{"date":"1976-01-01","value":39.716},{"date":"1977-01-01","value":38.2265},{"date":"1978-01-01","value":39.7727},{"date":"1979-01-01","value":39.5213},{"date":"1980-01-01","value":36.8819},{"date":"1981-01-01","value":35.8553},{"date":"1982-01-01","value":37.093},{"date":"1983-01-01","value":36.8614},{"date":"1984-01-01","value":35.2041},{"date":"1985-01-01","value":41.4395},{"date":"1986-01-01","value":29.7679},{"date":"1987-01-01","value":22.9919},{"date":"1988-01-01","value":31.568},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":31.509},{"date":"1990-01-01","value":31.4214},{"date":"1991-01-01","value":28.1228},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":29.5508},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":31.1287},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":43.9824},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":38.6553},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":29.0459},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":34.2216},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":30.5936},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":32.3953},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":29.3254},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":27.3775},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":30.961},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":30.6359},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":31.1117},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":34.0052},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":28.2763},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":32.137},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":27.1549},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":27.0092},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":30.3934},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":27.1748},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":28.719},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":29.6256},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":28.6554},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":23.8387},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":26.6049},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":26.504},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":24.8336},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":24.4514},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":14.2853},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":20.6664},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":20.0834},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":18.7699}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2023-01-01","latest_value":18.7699,"max":43.9824,"mean":31.3103,"min":14.2853,"of":155,"rank":104,"trend":"falling"}}