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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
0.1101
Australia
Lowest
0.0041
Peru
Median
0.0328
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
306

What the numbers show

Medical workers, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 0.1101 in Australia; the lowest is 0.0041 in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0328, and the mean is 0.0401.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 100.7%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 83.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 0.1101 2015 up 36.8% rising
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0816 2017 — rising
3 Ecuador 0.0776 2017 up 53.0% rising
4 Mongolia 0.0707 2018 down 3.1% flat
5 Chile 0.0636 2017 up 100.7% rising
6 Dominican Republic 0.0621 2015 down 12.4% falling
7 Sri Lanka 0.0592 2016 up 20.2% rising
8 Costa Rica 0.0546 2012 down 11.7% rising
9 Palestine, State of 0.0464 2017 up 41.2% rising
10 Brazil 0.0453 2016 up 49.0% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 0.044 2015 down 8.1% falling
12 El Salvador 0.0386 2017 down 35.5% flat
13 Jordan 0.038 2016 up 19.0% rising
14 Philippines 0.0331 2019 down 7.1% rising
15 Ethiopia 0.0326 2016 up 85.1% rising
16 United States of America 0.0298 2018 down 6.7% falling
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0279 2017 up 17.8% rising
18 Uruguay 0.0263 2016 up 8.7% rising
19 Honduras 0.0257 2019 up 12.5% rising
20 Russian Federation 0.0229 2016 down 28.8% falling
21 Georgia 0.0217 2013 down 61.8% falling
22 Viet Nam 0.0216 2019 up 1.3% flat
23 Paraguay 0.0189 2010 down 49.4% rising
24 Mexico 0.0172 2020 up 3.5% rising
25 Mauritius 0.0165 2012 up 11.7% rising
26 South Africa 0.0164 2020 down 44.9% falling
27 Pakistan 0.0159 2014 up 24.8% rising
28 Peru 0.0041 2016 down 83.5% volatile

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Indicator
Medical workers, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 306 data points, 2000–2020
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