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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
0.7213
Philippines
Lowest
0.0002
South Africa
Median
0.4209
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
319

What the numbers show

Public Administration workers, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 0.7213 in Philippines; the lowest is 0.0002 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4209, and the mean is 0.3914.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,005.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 39.0%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 84.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Philippines 0.7213 2019 up 20.8% rising
2 Jordan 0.6746 2016 up 35.2% rising
3 Morocco 0.5743 2009 — flat
4 Sri Lanka 0.5574 2016 up 17.5% rising
5 Palestine, State of 0.5427 2017 up 2.7% rising
6 Mauritius 0.5276 2012 up 21.4% rising
7 El Salvador 0.5261 2014 up 15.5% rising
8 Argentina 0.4815 2017 up 11.3% rising
9 Paraguay 0.4771 2009 up 11.6% flat
10 Peru 0.4703 2015 up 3.8% rising
11 Colombia 0.4564 2017 up 22.4% rising
12 Ecuador 0.4552 2017 up 11.8% rising
13 Brazil 0.4387 2017 up 4.2% flat
14 Honduras 0.4356 2016 up 21.4% flat
15 Uruguay 0.4063 2017 down 1.5% falling
16 Pakistan 0.384 2020 down 5.1% rising
17 Armenia 0.3633 2021 up 39.0% rising
18 Dominican Republic 0.3374 2019 down 23.7% falling
19 Guatemala 0.3269 2017 down 18.6% falling
20 Chile 0.3225 2017 down 32.8% falling
21 Costa Rica 0.3177 2015 down 1.3% rising
22 Australia 0.2591 2015 up 18.9% rising
23 Ethiopia 0.2101 2016 down 37.7% falling
24 Republic of Moldova 0.1887 2015 up 10.5% flat
25 Zambia 0.1753 2015 down 30.1% falling
26 Russia 0.1668 2011 up 8.1% rising
27 Ukraine 0.1619 2013 up 23.5% rising
28 South Africa 0.0002 2020 down 84.4% volatile

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Indicator
Public Administration workers, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 319 data points, 2000–2021
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