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

Countries reporting
30
Highest
3,527
Brazil
Lowest
2
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Median
370.5
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
330

What the numbers show

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 3,527 in Brazil; the lowest is 2 in Bolivia, Plurinational State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 370.5, and the mean is 612.03.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,764.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 368.2%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 94.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 3,527 2015 up 41.2% rising
2 Chile 2,448 2017 up 112.5% rising
3 Ecuador 1,442 2017 up 368.2% volatile
4 Jordan 1,269 2016 down 24.6% rising
5 Colombia 1,068 2017 down 62.6% volatile
6 Pakistan 1,036 2020 up 59.9% rising
7 Peru 699 2017 up 54.6% rising
8 Ukraine 654 2013 up 1.6% rising
9 Uruguay 633 2017 down 26.4% rising
10 Ethiopia 617 2016 up 77.8% rising
11 Philippines 601 2019 up 64.2% volatile
12 Australia 575 2015 down 2.0% rising
13 Zambia 429 2015 up 10.0% rising
14 Mauritius 406 2012 up 72.0% rising
15 Morocco 375 2009 rising
16 El Salvador 366 2014 up 16.6% rising
16 Armenia 366 2021 up 10.6% rising
18 Costa Rica 331 2015 down 6.2% rising
19 Sri Lanka 318 2016 up 20.0% rising
20 Republic of Moldova 284 2015 up 323.9% volatile
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 239 2016 falling
22 Guatemala 167 2017 up 7.1% volatile
23 Dominican Republic 149 2019 down 16.3% rising
24 Russian Federation 101 2011 down 4.7% falling
25 Honduras 92 2016 down 71.1% volatile
26 Palestine, State of 78 2017 down 83.6% falling
27 Argentina 53 2019 down 94.5% rising
28 Paraguay 24 2010 down 78.2% falling
29 South Africa 12 2020 down 20.0% volatile
30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2 2019 volatile

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Indicator
Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 330 data points, 2000–2021
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