Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
62
Highest
0.5%
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.0%
Argentina
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
782

What the numbers show

Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.0% in Argentina.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 967.6%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 967.6% volatile
2 Russian Federation 0.5% 2016 down 20.9% falling
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2014 down 54.1% falling
3 Kosovo 0.5% 2014 down 54.1% falling
5 Jordan 0.4% 2016 up 28.8% flat
6 Ukraine 0.4% 2014 down 15.6% falling
7 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2010 volatile
8 Tajikistan 0.3% 2013 down 30.9% falling
9 Nigeria 0.3% 2018 up 131.9% volatile
10 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2015 volatile
11 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2005 down 0.5% flat
12 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2011 up 23.1% falling
13 Mongolia 0.2% 2021 down 41.1% rising
14 Poland 0.2% 2019 volatile
15 China 0.2% 2013 down 23.9% falling
16 Egypt 0.2% 2019 down 20.4% falling
17 Albania 0.2% 2016 down 55.8% volatile
18 Australia 0.2% 2015 volatile
19 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 17.4% falling
20 Panama 0.2% 2018 up 5.3% falling
21 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 25.5% falling
22 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 11.4% volatile
23 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 12.5% falling
24 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 down 43.0% volatile
25 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 9.3% falling
26 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 5.8% rising
27 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 17.7% falling
28 Paraguay 0.1% 2020 down 2.6% rising
29 Ecuador 0.1% 2017 up 24.0% rising
30 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 21.4% volatile
31 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 10.5% rising
32 Peru 0.1% 2016 up 12.4% rising
33 Morocco 0.1% 2009 up 1.6% flat
34 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 1.0% volatile
35 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 13.5% falling
36 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 volatile
37 Costa Rica 0.1% 2016 down 51.0% falling
38 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 2.3% volatile
39 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 12.8% rising
40 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 77.8% volatile
41 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 77.8% volatile
42 Romania 0.1% 2018 down 71.4% volatile
43 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 95.5% rising
44 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 66.0% volatile
45 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 83.4% volatile
46 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 down 86.0% volatile
47 Colombia 0.0% 2021 down 8.4% volatile
48 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 down 20.5% volatile
49 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 80.5% volatile
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 79.8% volatile
51 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 96.7% volatile
52 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 19.4% volatile
53 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 30.0% volatile
54 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 volatile
55 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 68.0% falling
56 Brazil 0.0% 2020 down 94.6% volatile
57 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 95.6% volatile
58 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 volatile
58 Georgia 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 volatile
58 Armenia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
58 Argentina 0.0% 2018 volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the public sector, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
66 places, 782 data points, 1970–2021
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