Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Australia

Australia: Number of employed employees, by industry: Health was 1,517 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1,517
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
10th
of 30 countries
All-time high
1,517
in 2015
All-time low
873
in 2002
Years of data
15
2001–2015

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Australia, 2001–2015

05001.0k1.5k2001200820152001: 9502002: 8732003: 9142004: 9212005: 9872006: 1.0k2007: 1.1k2008: 1.0k2009: 1.0k2010: 1.0k2011: 1.4k2012: 1.4k2013: 1.5k2014: 1.5k2015: 1.5k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of employed employees, by industry: health in Australia is 1,517, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 53.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employed employees, by industry: health in Australia peaked at 1,517 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 873, in 2002.

That places Australia 10th out of 30 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Australia, 2001 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2001 950
2002 873 -8.1%
2003 914 +4.7%
2004 921 +0.8%
2005 987 +7.2%
2006 1,019 +3.2%
2007 1,086 +6.6%
2008 1,022 -5.9%
2009 1,034 +1.2%
2010 1,047 +1.3%
2011 1,395 +33.2%
2012 1,441 +3.3%
2013 1,452 +0.8%
2014 1,497 +3.1%
2015 1,517 +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 978.44 873 1,086 9
2010s 1,392 1,047 1,517 6

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 7 Jordan 1,872 compare
  2. 8 Philippines 1,699 compare
  3. 9 Russian Federation 1,635 compare
  4. 11 Peru 1,070 compare
  5. 12 Ethiopia 798 compare
  6. 13 Ukraine 736 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employed employees, by industry: health in Australia?
Number of employed employees, by industry: health in Australia was 1,517 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1,517 in 2015.
What is the lowest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 873 in 2002.
How does Australia rank for number of employed employees, by industry: health?
Australia ranks 10th out of 30 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of employed employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Number of employed employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of employed employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 327 data points, 2000–2021
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