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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |