Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
13,824
Colombia
Lowest
17
Bolivia
Median
1,353
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
331

What the numbers show

Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 13,824 in Colombia; the lowest is 17 in Bolivia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,353, and the mean is 2,876.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 813.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 342.9%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 80.5%).

Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 13,824 2017 up 17.1% volatile
2 Jordan 13,032 2016 up 4.1% rising
3 Philippines 10,496 2019 up 168.4% rising
4 Brazil 9,461 2015 down 8.3% flat
5 Chile 5,180 2017 up 44.4% rising
6 Pakistan 5,117 2020 up 65.7% volatile
7 Morocco 3,916 2009 flat
8 Uruguay 2,638 2017 down 35.1% rising
9 Ecuador 2,416 2017 up 118.2% rising
10 Sri Lanka 2,335 2016 up 48.6% rising
11 Argentina 1,622 2019 down 64.0% volatile
12 Ethiopia 1,603 2016 down 9.3% falling
13 El Salvador 1,396 2014 up 49.3% rising
14 Armenia 1,394 2021 up 70.4% volatile
15 Peru 1,353 2017 down 23.7% rising
16 Mauritius 1,267 2012 up 108.4% rising
17 Costa Rica 711 2015 up 0.9% rising
18 Guatemala 707 2017 up 20.4% rising
19 Australia 665 2015 up 32.2% rising
20 Palestine 627 2017 down 80.5% volatile
20 Russia 627 2011 up 126.4% rising
22 Zambia 536 2015 down 28.7% falling
23 Ukraine 535 2013 up 17.3% flat
24 Dominican Republic 490 2019 up 7.0% flat
26 Paraguay 403 2010 down 10.4% falling
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 395 2016 falling
28 Honduras 331 2016 down 68.1% volatile
29 Moldova 310 2015 up 342.9% volatile
30 Bolivia 17 2019 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 331 data points, 2000–2021
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