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

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.1096
Australia
Lowest
0.0041
Peru
Median
0.0326
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
298

What the numbers show

Medical workers, as a share of public total employees is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.1096 in Australia; the lowest is 0.0041 in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0326, and the mean is 0.0389.

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

Over the past decade 14 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 total employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 0.1096 2015 up 37.4% rising
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0816 2017 — rising
3 Ecuador 0.0776 2017 up 53.0% rising
4 Chile 0.0636 2017 up 100.7% rising
5 Dominican Republic 0.0621 2015 down 12.4% falling
6 Sri Lanka 0.0592 2016 up 20.2% rising
7 Costa Rica 0.0546 2012 down 11.7% rising
8 Palestine, State of 0.0462 2017 up 40.5% rising
9 Brazil 0.0453 2016 up 49.3% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 0.044 2015 down 8.1% flat
11 El Salvador 0.0389 2017 down 35.0% flat
12 Jordan 0.038 2016 up 18.3% rising
13 Philippines 0.0331 2019 down 7.1% rising
14 Ethiopia 0.0326 2016 up 85.1% rising
15 United States 0.0298 2018 down 6.7% falling
16 Uruguay 0.0263 2016 up 8.7% rising
17 Honduras 0.0257 2019 up 12.5% rising
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0257 2017 up 10.8% flat
19 Russia 0.023 2016 down 26.9% falling
20 Georgia 0.0217 2013 down 61.4% falling
21 Viet Nam 0.0216 2019 down 0.1% flat
22 Paraguay 0.0189 2010 down 49.4% rising
23 Mexico 0.0172 2020 up 4.7% rising
24 Mauritius 0.0165 2012 up 11.7% rising
25 South Africa 0.0164 2020 down 45.0% falling
26 Pakistan 0.0159 2014 up 24.9% rising
27 Peru 0.0041 2016 down 83.5% volatile

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Indicator
Medical workers, as a share of public total employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 298 data points, 2000–2020
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