Proportion of total employees with tertiary education working in public sector by country
Countries reporting
70
Highest
0.6444
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1206
Colombia
Median
0.3513
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
884
What the numbers show
Proportion of total employees with tertiary education working in public sector is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 0.6444 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1206 in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3513, and the mean is 0.3615.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 41.1%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 43.6%).
Proportion of total employees with tertiary education working in publi: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 0.6444 | 2016 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 0.5987 | 2016 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5867 | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 4 | Moldova | 0.5571 | 2015 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0.5187 | 2012 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 6 | Zambia | 0.5018 | 2015 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 7 | Tunisia | 0.486 | 2015 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.4818 | 2015 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 9 | Vietnam | 0.4755 | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 0.471 | 2019 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 11 | Palestine | 0.4672 | 2017 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 12 | Russia | 0.4656 | 2016 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 0.4621 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 14 | Malta | 0.455 | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Rwanda | 0.4371 | 2020 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.4289 | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 17 | Mongolia | 0.4282 | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 18 | Iceland | 0.4164 | 2013 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 19 | Turkey | 0.4154 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritius | 0.4138 | 2017 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 0.4131 | 2018 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 23 | Croatia | 0.3986 | 2018 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 24 | Slovakia | 0.3981 | 2017 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 0.3924 | 2016 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.3878 | 2018 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 0.3878 | 2018 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 28 | Jordan | 0.3815 | 2016 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 29 | Venezuela | 0.3812 | 2006 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 0.3801 | 2020 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 0.3794 | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 0.3756 | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | Poland | 0.3621 | 2017 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 34 | Panama | 0.3525 | 2021 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 35 | France | 0.3518 | 2018 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 36 | Italy | 0.3517 | 2018 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 0.3509 | 2018 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 38 | Armenia | 0.347 | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 39 | Czechia | 0.3408 | 2018 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | Serbia | 0.34 | 2020 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 41 | Greece | 0.3377 | 2018 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 42 | Austria | 0.3332 | 2018 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 43 | Ireland | 0.333 | 2017 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 0.3299 | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 0.3288 | 2018 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.3274 | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 47 | Uruguay | 0.3244 | 2020 | up 32.0% | flat |
| 48 | Mexico | 0.3213 | 2020 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 49 | Latvia | 0.3207 | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 50 | Estonia | 0.3182 | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 0.3158 | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 0.3147 | 2013 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 0.3132 | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 54 | Argentina | 0.2935 | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 55 | Cyprus | 0.2921 | 2018 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0.283 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 57 | Guatemala | 0.2706 | 2019 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 0.2701 | 2018 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.2698 | 2018 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0.2681 | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 0.2657 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 62 | Bolivia | 0.262 | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 0.2608 | 2019 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.2534 | 2020 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 65 | India | 0.2274 | 2019 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 0.2237 | 2015 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 0.2015 | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 0.1992 | 2018 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 0.1824 | 2015 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 70 | United States | 0.1573 | 2018 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 0.1206 | 2020 | down 12.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 0.4047