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Proportion of total employees with tertiary education working in public sector by country

Countries reporting
71
Highest
0.6444
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1206
Colombia
Median
0.3517
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 71 countries. The highest value is 0.6444 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1206 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3517, and the mean is 0.3621.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 18 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
22 South Africa 0.4047 2020 up 6.4% 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

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Indicator
Proportion of total employees with tertiary education working in public sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
71 places, 884 data points, 2000–2021
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