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Public Administration workers, as a share of public formal employees by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
0.5779
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0002
South Africa
Median
0.4063
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
238

What the numbers show

Public Administration workers, as a share of public formal employees is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.5779 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0002 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4063, and the mean is 0.3675.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,391.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia, Republic of (up 39.0%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 84.5%).

Public Administration workers, as a share of public formal employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.5779 2015 up 22.3% rising
2 Morocco 0.5766 2009 β€” flat
3 El Salvador 0.5215 2014 up 14.6% rising
4 Argentina 0.4823 2017 up 7.6% rising
5 Paraguay 0.4765 2009 up 13.9% rising
6 Peru 0.4642 2015 up 6.1% rising
7 Colombia 0.4564 2017 up 21.8% rising
8 Ecuador 0.4552 2017 up 11.8% rising
9 Pakistan 0.4399 2020 up 8.1% rising
10 Brazil 0.4388 2017 up 7.3% flat
11 Honduras 0.4167 2016 up 20.5% rising
12 Uruguay 0.4063 2017 down 1.7% falling
13 Armenia, Republic of 0.3635 2021 up 39.0% rising
14 Dominican Republic 0.3372 2019 down 25.4% falling
15 Guatemala 0.3268 2017 down 19.0% falling
16 Chile 0.323 2017 down 32.4% falling
17 Costa Rica 0.3183 2015 down 1.6% rising
18 Australia 0.2752 2015 up 18.7% rising
19 Zambia 0.2246 2015 down 15.7% falling
20 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.2148 2016 down 38.6% falling
21 Moldova, Republic of 0.1893 2015 up 10.6% flat
22 Russian Federation 0.1674 2011 up 7.5% rising
23 South Africa 0.0002 2020 down 84.5% volatile

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Indicator
Public Administration workers, as a share of public formal employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 238 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed