Comms teams average less than 2% of central bank workforce
Majority of units operate centralised communications models
Communications teams average a little over 1% of the central bank’s total workforce, according to data from the Communications Benchmarks 2024.
Data provided by 35 respondents shows that communications employees average 19.1 individuals on a full time-equivalent basis. The figure represents 1.3% of the average 1,468 workforce of participating institutions.
A high income country from the Americas accounts for the highest staff size of 117 individuals. A lower-middle income jurisdiction from Africa
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