Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
56
Highest
0.7%
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
705

What the numbers show

Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.0% in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 292.3%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.7% 2021 up 89.9% rising
2 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2014 down 50.1% falling
2 Kosovo 0.5% 2014 down 50.1% falling
4 Jordan 0.5% 2016 up 33.5% rising
5 Russian Federation 0.5% 2016 down 20.9% falling
6 Ukraine 0.4% 2014 up 5.1% falling
7 China 0.4% 2013 up 18.8% rising
8 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2010 volatile
9 Tajikistan 0.4% 2013 down 26.7% falling
10 Nigeria 0.4% 2018 up 59.8% volatile
11 Morocco 0.4% 2009 up 14.0% rising
12 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 15.3% falling
13 Egypt 0.3% 2019 down 26.9% falling
14 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2005 down 2.2% falling
15 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2011 up 16.6% falling
16 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 down 28.8% falling
17 Mongolia 0.3% 2021 down 36.6% rising
18 Albania 0.3% 2016 down 71.1% volatile
19 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 20.6% falling
20 Poland 0.2% 2019 volatile
21 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 3.4% falling
22 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 64.2% rising
23 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 down 0.1% volatile
24 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 down 56.6% falling
25 Panama 0.2% 2018 down 0.7% falling
26 Thailand 0.2% 2021 down 23.2% falling
27 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 volatile
28 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2016 down 43.3% volatile
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2020 down 68.5% falling
30 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 37.1% falling
31 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 6.9% rising
32 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 up 8.3% falling
33 Malawi 0.1% 2016 down 66.8% falling
34 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 down 43.7% falling
35 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 3.2% falling
36 Paraguay 0.1% 2020 up 1.4% flat
37 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 9.4% falling
38 Honduras 0.1% 2019 down 27.0% volatile
39 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 down 18.2% falling
40 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 5.8% volatile
41 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 4.4% falling
42 Costa Rica 0.1% 2016 down 52.1% falling
43 Senegal 0.1% 2018 down 86.9% volatile
44 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 71.0% falling
45 Uganda 0.1% 2016 down 71.3% volatile
46 Guinea 0.1% 2018 down 46.9% volatile
47 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 292.3% volatile
48 Romania 0.1% 2018 down 67.2% volatile
49 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 83.1% volatile
50 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 27.2% volatile
51 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 95.2% volatile
52 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 81.2% falling
53 Brazil 0.0% 2020 down 93.6% volatile
54 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 volatile
54 Georgia 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
61 places, 705 data points, 1970–2021
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