| Compensation of employees (current LCU) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Iran (2008) | 263,438,877,753,177 |
| 2 | Indonesia (2004) | 49,270,000,000,000 |
| 3 | North Korea (2007) | 21,732,600,000,000 |
| 4 | South Korea (2007) | 21,732,600,000,000 |
| 5 | Colombia (2008) | 17,559,592,211,000 |
| 6 | Paraguay (2008) | 6,331,078,397,116 |
| 7 | Belarus (2008) | 4,466,935,000,000 |
| 8 | Lebanon (2008) | 3,625,662,739,000 |
| 9 | Chile (2008) | 3,544,890,000,000 |
| 10 | Zambia (2007) | 3,174,531,277,565 |
| 11 | Russia (2008) | 1,613,400,000,000 |
| 12 | Laos (2007) | 1,600,317,000,000 |
| 13 | Hungary (2008) | 1,574,721,000,000 |
| 14 | Costa Rica (2008) | 1,543,954,401,428 |
| 15 | Cambodia (2006) | 846,604,208,031 |
| 16 | Algeria (2008) | 797,350,000,000 |
| 17 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 711,700,000,000 |
| 18 | Madagascar (2007) | 711,200,000,000 |
| 19 | Thailand (2008) | 584,500,000,000 |
| 20 | India (2008) | 565,670,000,000 |
| 21 | Mongolia (2008) | 544,952,565,578 |
| 22 | Uganda (2008) | 470,556,408,046 |
| 23 | United States (2008) | 399,422,000,000 |
| 24 | Philippines (2008) | 374,662,000,000 |
| 25 | Serbia (2008) | 278,726,000,000 |
| 26 | Cameroon (1999) | 274,700,000,000 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 214,160,000,000 |
| 28 | Burkina Faso (2008) | 198,826,233,000 |
| 29 | Guinea (1999) | 192,200,000,000 |
| 30 | France (2007) | 182,669,000,000 |
| 31 | Benin (2008) | 179,873,000,000 |
| 32 | Sierra Leone (2004) | 178,751,547,000 |
| 33 | Senegal (2001) | 177,300,000,000 |
| 34 | Kenya (2008) | 169,892,448,470 |
| 35 | Kazakhstan (2008) | 165,233,033,700 |
| 36 | Mali (2007) | 162,949,716,087 |
| 37 | Armenia (2008) | 158,489,469,330 |
| 38 | Mexico (2000) | 145,061,000,000 |
| 39 | Republic of the Congo (2005) | 142,645,960,588 |
| 40 | Norway (2008) | 133,740,000,000 |
| 41 | Iceland (2008) | 133,054,409,444 |
| 42 | Brazil (2008) | 130,829,102,487 |
| 43 | Yemen (1999) | 125,828,000,000 |
| 44 | Bangladesh (2008) | 122,159,283,000 |
| 45 | China (2006) | 117,170,000,000 |
| 46 | Czech Republic (2008) | 105,756,000,000 |
| 47 | Italy (2008) | 97,332,000,000 |
| 48 | South Africa (2008) | 91,940,000,000 |
| 49 | Morocco (2008) | 88,130,283,566 |
| 50 | United Kingdom (2008) | 86,255,000,000 |
| 51 | Denmark (2007) | 81,710,418,417 |
| 52 | Israel (2008) | 74,610,400,000 |
| 53 | Niger (2007) | 72,233,275,212 |
| 54 | Togo (2008) | 69,130,905,740 |
| 55 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 68,281,794,415 |
| 56 | Pakistan (2008) | 67,920,000,000 |
| 57 | Sweden (1999) | 66,245,000,000 |
| 58 | Egypt (2008) | 63,531,020,000 |
| 59 | Jamaica (2008) | 59,845,932,000 |
| 60 | Turkey (2008) | 55,216,440,064 |
| 61 | Poland (2008) | 54,705,000,000 |
| 62 | Albania (2004) | 49,893,913,740 |
| 63 | Afghanistan (2008) | 47,962,990,763 |
| 64 | Ukraine (2008) | 46,110,600,000 |
| 65 | Uruguay (2008) | 38,559,955,555 |
| 66 | Germany (2007) | 38,240,000,000 |
| 67 | Central African Republic (2004) | 34,659,700,000 |
| 68 | Canada (2007) | 33,219,900,000 |
| 69 | Romania (2008) | 33,001,766,200 |
| 70 | Honduras (2008) | 29,182,700,000 |
| 71 | Croatia (2007) | 28,154,600,000 |
| 72 | Australia (2007) | 27,965,000,000 |
| 73 | Spain (2008) | 25,824,000,000 |
| 74 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001) | 24,030,000,000 |
| 75 | Malaysia (2003) | 23,511,000,000 |
| 76 | Greece (2007) | 22,704,000,000 |
| 77 | Burundi (1996) | 22,000,000,000 |
| 78 | Macedonia (2008) | 21,612,441,826 |
| 79 | Qatar (2008) | 19,361,161,017 |
| 80 | Portugal (2008) | 18,326,450,000 |
| 81 | Netherlands (2007) | 17,477,000,000 |
| 82 | Mauritius (2008) | 17,341,300,000 |
| 83 | Ireland (2007) | 14,711,960,000 |
| 84 | New Zealand (2007) | 14,600,000,000 |
| 85 | Rwanda (1992) | 14,545,000,000 |
| 86 | Estonia (2007) | 14,329,300,000 |
| 87 | Austria (2008) | 14,158,760,000 |
| 88 | Zimbabwe (1997) | 12,952,500,000 |
| 89 | Cape Verde (2008) | 12,649,314,568 |
| 90 | Venezuela (2005) | 12,143,817,603 |
| 91 | Peru (2008) | 11,013,733,558 |
| 92 | Singapore (2008) | 10,790,000,000 |
| 93 | Belgium (2008) | 9,838,400,000 |
| 94 | Argentina (2004) | 9,419,941,757 |
| 95 | Guatemala (2008) | 9,202,100,000 |
| 96 | Nicaragua (2008) | 9,050,623,600 |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago (2007) | 8,814,300,000 |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 8,690,918,000 |
| 99 | Macau (2008) | 7,847,491,288 |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates (1999) | 6,922,000,000 |
| 101 | Namibia (2007) | 6,725,010,000 |
| 102 | Switzerland (2007) | 6,358,355,637 |
| 103 | Lithuania (2008) | 6,192,000,000 |
| 104 | Finland (2007) | 6,127,000,000 |
| 105 | Tunisia (2008) | 5,273,700,000 |
| 106 | Bolivia (2007) | 4,991,368,000 |
| 107 | Vanuatu (1999) | 3,807,000,000 |
| 108 | Bulgaria (2008) | 3,784,156,000 |
| 109 | Cyprus (2007) | 3,661,703,749 |
| 110 | Moldova (2008) | 2,944,300,000 |
| 111 | Slovakia (2008) | 2,815,794,799 |
| 112 | Kuwait (2008) | 2,780,000,000 |
| 113 | Slovenia (2008) | 2,670,914,790 |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008) | 2,662,951,256 |
| 115 | Jordan (2008) | 2,461,400,000 |
| 116 | Lesotho (2008) | 2,428,500,000 |
| 117 | Ecuador (1994) | 2,376,000,000 |
| 118 | Bhutan (2004) | 2,086,774,000 |
| 119 | Luxembourg (2007) | 2,043,644,144 |
| 120 | Ethiopia (2002) | 1,859,900,000 |
| 121 | Maldives (2008) | 1,823,100,000 |
| 122 | Ghana (2007) | 1,551,830,350 |
| 123 | El Salvador (2008) | 1,511,700,000 |
| 124 | Swaziland (2003) | 1,480,148,440 |
| 125 | Botswana (1996) | 1,444,500,000 |
| 126 | Panama (2001) | 1,013,970,000 |
| 127 | Georgia (2008) | 913,100,000 |
| 128 | Latvia (2008) | 898,000,000 |
| 129 | Seychelles (2008) | 880,850,524 |
| 130 | Sudan (1999) | 831,770,000 |
| 131 | Malta (2008) | 827,702,988 |
| 132 | Barbados (2007) | 809,148,389 |
| 133 | Bahrain (2008) | 788,600,000 |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea (2002) | 715,359,000 |
| 135 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 681,342,561 |
| 136 | Oman (2001) | 650,800,000 |
| 137 | Fiji (2006) | 632,481,493 |
| 138 | Bahamas (2008) | 565,207,000 |
| 139 | Netherlands Antilles (1995) | 298,400,000 |
| 140 | San Marino (2006) | 160,537,476 |
| 141 | Belize (1997) | 132,421,000 |
| 142 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2006) | 132,417,275 |
| 143 | Gambia (1990) | 122,950,000 |
| 144 | Tajikistan (2004) | 79,107,000 |
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