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

Countries reporting
29
Highest
0.4375
Colombia
Lowest
0.0003
South Africa
Median
0.2828
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
322

What the numbers show

Education workers, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 0.4375 in Colombia; the lowest is 0.0003 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2828, and the mean is 0.2732.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,598.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 224.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 27.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 0.4375 2017 up 6.5% flat
2 Armenia 0.4034 2021 up 9.3% rising
3 Peru 0.3742 2015 down 10.1% falling
4 Honduras 0.3621 2016 down 12.9% flat
5 Morocco 0.3518 2009 — rising
6 Guatemala 0.3496 2017 down 21.7% falling
7 Brazil 0.3424 2017 up 4.2% flat
8 Costa Rica 0.3281 2015 down 0.5% rising
9 Republic of Moldova 0.3187 2015 down 0.5% falling
10 Dominican Republic 0.3099 2015 up 20.0% rising
11 Paraguay 0.3044 2009 down 8.8% flat
12 Australia 0.2939 2015 down 5.3% falling
13 Zambia 0.2855 2015 down 20.5% falling
14 Pakistan 0.2847 2020 down 24.1% falling
15 Ecuador 0.2828 2017 down 27.3% falling
16 Uruguay 0.2735 2017 up 8.7% rising
17 Ukraine 0.2729 2013 up 20.7% rising
18 Palestine, State of 0.2693 2017 down 4.3% falling
19 Argentina 0.2682 2017 down 10.5% flat
20 Chile 0.2657 2017 up 1.8% falling
21 Ethiopia 0.243 2016 up 7.2% rising
22 Philippines 0.2211 2019 down 21.1% falling
23 Sri Lanka 0.2188 2016 down 26.4% flat
24 El Salvador 0.2185 2014 down 19.8% falling
25 Jordan 0.1983 2016 down 19.0% falling
26 Mauritius 0.177 2012 up 14.0% rising
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1756 2016 up 57.0% rising
28 Russian Federation 0.0922 2011 up 2.7% flat
29 South Africa 0.0003 2020 up 224.3% volatile

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Indicator
Education workers, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 322 data points, 2000–2021
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