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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
0.7213
Philippines
Lowest
0.0003
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 total employees is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 0.7213 in Philippines; the lowest is 0.0003 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4209, and the mean is 0.3866.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,396.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia, Republic of (up 38.8%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 80.4%).

Public Administration workers, as a share of public total 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 β€” flat
4 Sri Lanka 0.5574 2016 up 17.5% rising
5 Palestine 0.54 2017 up 2.2% rising
6 Mauritius 0.5276 2012 up 21.4% rising
7 El Salvador 0.5262 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 4.4% flat
14 Honduras 0.4356 2016 up 21.4% flat
15 Uruguay 0.4063 2017 down 1.5% falling
16 Pakistan 0.3794 2020 down 5.6% rising
17 Armenia, Republic of 0.3627 2021 up 38.8% 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 0.2584 2015 up 19.2% rising
23 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.2101 2016 down 37.7% falling
24 Moldova, Republic of 0.1887 2015 up 10.5% flat
25 Russian Federation 0.1641 2011 up 10.2% rising
26 Ukraine 0.1612 2013 up 24.5% rising
27 Zambia 0.0536 2015 down 77.1% falling
28 South Africa 0.0003 2020 down 80.4% volatile

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Indicator
Public Administration workers, as a share of public total 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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