Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
20
Highest
0.899
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1875
Mexico
Median
0.732
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
200

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 0.899 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1875 in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.732, and the mean is 0.6543.

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

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 82.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 20.3%).

Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.899 2016 up 1.8% flat
2 Sri Lanka 0.8683 2015 up 2.2% flat
3 Honduras 0.8219 2018 up 36.0% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 0.8079 2015 up 11.8% flat
5 Paraguay 0.7935 2009 up 1.6% flat
6 Ecuador 0.7837 2017 up 36.4% rising
7 Russian Federation 0.7569 2016 down 13.2% falling
8 Costa Rica 0.7548 2012 down 5.7% falling
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7463 2017 down 19.1% falling
10 Pakistan 0.7393 2014 down 6.8% flat
11 El Salvador 0.7247 2017 down 8.7% flat
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7091 2017 rising
13 Dominican Republic 0.6645 2015 down 13.0% flat
14 Australia 0.6228 2015 down 20.2% flat
15 Chile 0.5953 2017 up 82.4% flat
16 Brazil 0.5495 2015 down 5.3% falling
17 South Africa 0.5303 2020 down 20.3% falling
18 Uruguay 0.3145 2016 down 5.1% flat
19 Peru 0.2172 2011 falling
20 Mexico 0.1875 2020 down 16.4% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
20 places, 200 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed