Incentives Around the World

Ensure your incentives programs are helping to drive organizational objectives and are aligned to your total rewards strategy.

Product Highlights

Annual total cash pay mix

Portion of base salary, allowances, short-term incentives

Short-term and sales incentives

Actual as a percentage of base salary
Eligibility
Percentage receiving
Target as a percentage of base salary

Long-term incentives

Actual as a percentage of base salary (Black-Scholes and Accounting Cost Method)
Eligibility
Percentage receiving

Long-term incentive plans

Long-term incentive plan structure
Performance measures
Prevalence of long-term incentive vehicles
Vesting types and criteria

Americas

Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador

Guatemala
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
United States
Uruguay

Asia Pacific

Australia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China-Beijing
China-Chongqing
China-Guangdong
China-Hangzhou-Ningbo
China-Nanjing
China-Qingdao
China-Shanghai
China-Tianjin
China-Wuhan
Hong Kong
India

Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

Central and Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechia
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia

Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Uzbekistan

Western Europe

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Middle East and Africa

Algeria
Angola
Cameroon
Egypt
Ghana
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Morocco

Mozambique
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Zambia

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Product Highlights

Annual total cash pay mix

Portion of base salary, allowances, short-term incentives

Short-term and sales incentives

Actual as a percentage of base salary
Eligibility
Percentage receiving
Target as a percentage of base salary

Long-term incentives

Actual as a percentage of base salary (Black-Scholes and Accounting Cost Method)
Eligibility
Percentage receiving

Long-term incentive plans

Long-term incentive plan structure
Performance measures
Prevalence of long-term incentive vehicles
Vesting types and criteria

Americas

Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador

Guatemala
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
United States
Uruguay

Asia Pacific

Australia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China-Beijing
China-Chongqing
China-Guangdong
China-Hangzhou-Ningbo
China-Nanjing
China-Qingdao
China-Shanghai
China-Tianjin
China-Wuhan
Hong Kong
India

Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

Central and Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechia
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia

Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Uzbekistan

Western Europe

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Middle East and Africa

Algeria
Angola
Cameroon
Egypt
Ghana
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Morocco

Mozambique
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Zambia

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An effectively designed incentive plan can help drive individual performance and steer your company toward success. But understanding how incentives contribute to the total rewards package across your global workforce can be time-consuming, unless you have data that can help you identify which incentives are typically provided in your markets of operation.

Understand how incentive targets differ between 102 markets across the globe with the Incentives Around the World report. With information on short-term, sales, and long-term incentives, you will gain perspective on which of these incentives are commonly offered and how payouts differ by career level. Take a deeper dive into short-term incentives by comparing by job family and industry.

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Ability to Download Data into Excel	Yes	No

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Access for five (5) TAAP users (unless otherwise noted) with access valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Additional users may be added for a fee.
Data is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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Choose from multiple formats when purchasing this product.

	Global Online	Global Online Lite
Subscription Length	12 months	12 months
Market Coverage Available	All markets	All markets
# of Users	Up to 5 users	1 user
Ability to Download Data into PDF	Yes	No
Ability to Download Data into Excel	Yes	No

The global online subscription includes 12 months' access for up to 5 users and includes access to online data for all available markets with the ability to download data into PDF and Excel formats.

The global lite online subscription includes 12 months' access for a single user and includes access to online data for all available markets. It does not include PDF or Excel downloads.

Online data is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Additional users may be added for a fee.

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Incentives Around the World

Ensure your incentives programs are helping to drive organizational objectives and are aligned to your total rewards strategy.