Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay

Uruguay: Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health was 633 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
633
Change on year
down 26.3%
World rank
9th
of 30 countries
All-time high
1,137
in 2006
All-time low
240
in 2005
Years of data
16
2000–2017

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, 2000–2017

2004006008001.0k1.2k2000200820172000: 4252001: 4222002: 4432003: 4302004: 4402005: 2402006: 1.1k2007: 8602008: 8952009: 8212010: 8242011: 8492012: 8502014: 9692015: 8592017: 633

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 633 for number of public paid employees, by industry: health in 2017.

That represents a change of down 26.3% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Uruguay peaked at 1,137 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 240, in 2005.

That places Uruguay 9th out of 30 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, 2000 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2000 425
2001 422 -0.7%
2002 443 +5.0%
2003 430 -2.9%
2004 440 +2.3%
2005 240 -45.5%
2006 1,137 +373.8%
2007 860 -24.4%
2008 895 +4.1%
2009 821 -8.3%
2010 824 +0.4%
2011 849 +3.0%
2012 850 +0.1%
2014 969 +14.0%
2015 859 -11.4%
2017 633 -26.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 611.3 240 1,137 10
2010s 830.67 633 969 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 6 Pakistan 1,036 compare
  2. 7 Peru 699 compare
  3. 8 Ukraine 654 compare
  4. 10 Ethiopia 617 compare
  5. 11 Philippines 601 compare
  6. 12 Australia 575 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Uruguay?
Number of public paid employees, by industry: health in Uruguay was 633 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of public paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 1,137 in 2006.
What is the lowest number of public paid employees, by industry: health recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 240 in 2005.
How does Uruguay rank for number of public paid employees, by industry: health?
Uruguay ranks 9th out of 30 countries with data for 2017.
Is number of public paid employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Number of public paid employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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