Number of public paid employees, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
7,751
Colombia
Lowest
2
Argentina
Median
793
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
326

What the numbers show

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 7,751 in Colombia; the lowest is 2 in Argentina.

The median across all reporting countries is 793, and the mean is 1,602.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,876.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 352.7%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 99.9%).

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 7,751 2017 down 25.9% volatile
2 Brazil 6,778 2015 down 2.5% flat
3 Pakistan 3,821 2020 up 53.9% rising
4 Jordan 3,771 2016 down 33.2% rising
5 Chile 3,671 2017 up 46.4% rising
6 Philippines 2,896 2019 up 58.5% volatile
7 Morocco 2,414 2009 rising
8 Ecuador 1,827 2017 up 43.5% rising
9 Uruguay 1,723 2017 down 27.3% rising
10 Ethiopia 1,694 2016 up 58.3% rising
11 Armenia 1,470 2021 up 37.3% volatile
12 Peru 993 2017 down 43.0% rising
13 Ukraine 925 2013 up 16.1% flat
14 Zambia 853 2015 down 7.3% rising
15 Sri Lanka 793 2016 up 3.9% flat
16 Costa Rica 768 2015 up 0.4% rising
17 Australia 655 2015 down 5.2% flat
18 El Salvador 601 2014 up 6.2% flat
19 Republic of Moldova 593 2015 up 352.7% volatile
20 Guatemala 493 2017 down 14.9% volatile
21 Dominican Republic 376 2019 up 7.4% rising
22 Mauritius 375 2012 up 78.6% rising
23 Palestine, State of 335 2017 down 81.2% volatile
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 313 2016 up 5.7% rising
25 Russian Federation 285 2011 up 120.9% rising
26 Honduras 238 2016 down 76.7% volatile
27 Paraguay 35 2010 down 92.3% falling
28 South Africa 2 2020 unchanged volatile
28 Argentina 2 2014 down 99.9% volatile

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Indicator
Number of public paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 326 data points, 2000–2021
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