Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.7269
Armenia
Lowest
0.1395
Australia
Median
0.4731
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
291

What the numbers show

Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.7269 in Armenia; the lowest is 0.1395 in Australia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4731, and the mean is 0.4705.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 104.7%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 29.0%).

Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 0.7269 2021 up 35.1% rising
2 Peru 0.7004 2017 up 17.3% rising
3 Colombia 0.6985 2017 up 32.3% rising
4 Paraguay 0.6716 2010 up 62.8% rising
5 Philippines 0.6649 2018 up 2.2% falling
6 Ethiopia 0.6196 2015 up 91.9% rising
7 Moldova 0.6075 2015 up 3.1% rising
8 Costa Rica 0.5733 2015 up 14.3% rising
9 Chile 0.5713 2015 up 36.2% rising
10 Ecuador 0.5455 2017 up 1.6% rising
11 Brazil 0.5161 2017 up 31.0% rising
12 Argentina 0.5015 2019 up 3.0% rising
13 Dominican Republic 0.4876 2019 up 31.7% rising
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4731 2016 rising
15 South Africa 0.473 2017 up 95.9% flat
16 Zambia 0.4591 2015 up 25.1% rising
17 Palestine 0.41 2017 up 2.3% flat
18 Mauritius 0.4025 2012 up 51.3% rising
19 Uruguay 0.3818 2017 up 49.6% rising
20 Honduras 0.3532 2016 up 24.8% rising
21 El Salvador 0.3409 2014 down 0.7% flat
22 Pakistan 0.3278 2020 up 32.0% rising
23 Morocco 0.3 2009 rising
24 Guatemala 0.2881 2017 down 16.1% rising
25 Jordan 0.2498 2016 down 9.0% rising
26 Sri Lanka 0.2215 2016 up 104.7% rising
27 Australia 0.1395 2015 down 29.0% falling

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Indicator
Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 291 data points, 2000–2021
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