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

Countries reporting
29
Highest
0.2624
Australia
Lowest
0.0016
South Africa
Median
0.1013
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
319

What the numbers show

Health workers, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 0.2624 in Australia; the lowest is 0.0016 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1013, and the mean is 0.1138.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 168.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 29.1%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 63.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 0.2624 2015 down 0.2% falling
2 Chile 0.217 2017 up 24.6% rising
3 Mauritius 0.1916 2012 up 9.8% rising
4 Ukraine 0.1912 2013 up 5.0% rising
5 Moldova 0.169 2015 up 3.8% rising
6 El Salvador 0.1623 2014 down 1.3% rising
7 Costa Rica 0.1469 2015 down 3.3% falling
8 Peru 0.1411 2015 up 29.1% rising
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1347 2016 — flat
10 Brazil 0.1325 2017 up 10.7% rising
11 Ecuador 0.1295 2017 up 16.3% rising
12 Honduras 0.1289 2016 up 10.0% rising
13 Zambia 0.1276 2015 down 17.7% flat
14 Argentina 0.1151 2017 down 5.7% falling
15 Uruguay 0.1013 2017 up 10.4% flat
16 Dominican Republic 0.1011 2019 down 30.6% falling
17 Armenia 0.0994 2021 down 20.1% falling
18 Palestine 0.0961 2017 up 12.0% flat
19 Guatemala 0.0932 2017 down 18.4% falling
20 Pakistan 0.0893 2014 up 8.0% rising
21 Sri Lanka 0.0877 2016 down 16.3% rising
22 Ethiopia 0.0829 2016 up 13.4% rising
23 Jordan 0.0732 2016 down 6.6% flat
24 Colombia 0.0663 2017 down 49.0% falling
25 Morocco 0.0521 2009 — rising
26 Philippines 0.0409 2019 down 27.0% falling
27 Russia 0.0333 2011 down 54.7% falling
28 Paraguay 0.0328 2010 down 63.1% falling
29 South Africa 0.0016 2020 up 14.5% volatile

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Indicator
Health workers, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 319 data points, 2000–2021
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