Data for 2016

Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016

Name: Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016 covers 183 countries. Tuvalu is highest, at 32.833; Somalia is lowest, at 0.997. The middle country reads 8.120. Against 2015, 181 values changed (94 up, 87 down), 1 country joined.

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Public Sector Wage Bill · Data for 2016

HighestTuvalu

32.833

LowestSomalia

0.997

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

183countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
183distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	32.833
2	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.972
3	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	24.680
4	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21.032
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	21.019
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	18.833
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18.171
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.070
9	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.334
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.104
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.527
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.845
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.968
14	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.766
15	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	13.732
16	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.650
17	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.453
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.451
19	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.394
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.223
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	12.846
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.711
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.667
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.601
25	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	12.586
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.514
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.467
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.280
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	12.279
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.255
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.232
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.011
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.986
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11.794
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.692
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.438
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.331
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.285
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.211
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.205
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.197
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.078
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.072
44	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.920
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.909
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.847
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	10.843
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.754
49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.751
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.726
51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.624
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.586
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.580
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.548
55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.498
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.465
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.392
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.378
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.372
60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.250
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.169
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.087
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.900
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.812
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.809
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.806
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.759
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.512
69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.510
70	United States`USA`Northern America	9.425
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.304
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9.293
73	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.222
74	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	9.007
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.938
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.900
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.890
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.800
79	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8.795
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.744
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.737
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.703
83	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	8.680
84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.639
85	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.593
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.495
87	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.470
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.441
89	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.388
90	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.261
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.142
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.120
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7.899
94	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.754
95	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.679
96	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7.677
97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.642
98	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.569
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.481
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.473
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.462
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.415
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.404
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.388
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.336
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.333
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.299
108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.291
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.112
110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.928
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.879
112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.867
113	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.863
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.819
115	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6.815
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.793
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.711
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.659
119	Chile`CHL`South America	6.629
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6.628
121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.484
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.444
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.435
124	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.377
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.317
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.308
127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.056
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.035
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6.034
130	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.025
131	Peru`PER`South America	5.919
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.850
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.696
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.673
135	Colombia`COL`South America	5.627
136	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.622
137	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.490
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.459
139	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.332
140	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.310
141	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.262
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.180
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.169
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.111
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.072
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.050
147	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.028
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.928
149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.891
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.889
151	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.829
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.824
153	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4.779
154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.752
155	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.739
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.732
157	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.587
158	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.499
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.416
160	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.357
161	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.328
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.322
163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.241
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.236
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.189
166	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.176
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.962
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.868
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.845
170	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.810
171	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.787
172	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.700
173	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.584
174	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.443
175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.287
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3.079
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.044
178	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.896
179	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.086
180	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.943
181	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.644
182	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.166
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.997

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tuvalu32.833
2Kiribati25.972
3Nauru24.680
4Marshall Islands21.032
5Micronesia21.019

Lowest

183Somalia0.997
182India1.166
181Nigeria1.644
180Bangladesh1.943
179Equatorial Guinea2.086

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.120. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 182 in both
94 · 87rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea5.856 → 10.920+5.064
Qatar6.282 → 10.726+4.444
Vietnam4.835 → 7.388+2.553
Eswatini11.911 → 13.968+2.057
Kuwait16.834 → 18.833+1.999

Fell most

South Sudan10.375 → 7.642−2.733
Botswana13.531 → 11.692−1.838
Angola9.964 → 8.441−1.523
Marshall Islands22.512 → 21.032−1.480
Bolivia12.577 → 11.211−1.366

+ Uzbekistan

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

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Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2016). Public Sector Wage Bill, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/public-wage-bill/2016

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