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Education workers, as a share of public formal employees by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.4375
Colombia
Lowest
0.0003
South Africa
Median
0.3072
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
246

What the numbers show

Education workers, as a share of public formal employees is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.4375 in Colombia; the lowest is 0.0003 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3072, and the mean is 0.2893.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,587.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 525.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 27.3%).

Education workers, as a share of public formal employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 0.4375 2017 up 4.6% flat
2 Armenia 0.403 2021 up 9.2% rising
3 Peru 0.3786 2015 down 14.0% falling
4 Honduras 0.3768 2016 down 11.4% falling
5 Zambia 0.3613 2015 down 5.4% rising
6 Morocco 0.3584 2009 β€” rising
7 Guatemala 0.3515 2017 down 21.5% falling
8 Brazil 0.34 2017 up 0.1% flat
9 Costa Rica 0.3283 2015 up 0.1% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 0.3197 2015 down 0.4% falling
11 Pakistan 0.3144 2020 down 16.9% falling
12 Dominican Republic 0.3097 2015 up 20.3% rising
13 Paraguay 0.3048 2009 down 14.0% falling
14 Australia 0.2851 2015 down 6.9% falling
15 Ecuador 0.2828 2017 down 27.3% falling
16 Argentina 0.2783 2017 down 11.8% falling
17 Uruguay 0.2733 2017 up 8.7% rising
18 Chile 0.2673 2017 up 1.3% falling
19 Ethiopia 0.2478 2016 up 3.6% rising
20 Sri Lanka 0.2307 2015 down 23.7% falling
21 El Salvador 0.2255 2014 down 19.5% falling
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1766 2015 up 50.0% rising
23 Russian Federation 0.0921 2011 up 2.7% flat
24 South Africa 0.0003 2020 up 525.7% volatile

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Indicator
Education workers, as a share of public formal employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 246 data points, 2000–2021
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