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

Countries reporting
21
Highest
1
Peru
Lowest
0.4882
Chile
Median
0.8405
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
220

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 1 in Peru; the lowest is 0.4882 in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8405, and the mean is 0.8297.

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

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 76.8%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 20.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Peru 1 2016 up 20.3% flat
2 Mexico 0.9989 2019 up 25.9% rising
3 Moldova 0.9795 2015 up 3.4% flat
4 Russia 0.969 2016 up 1.7% flat
5 Zambia 0.9095 2015 down 5.0% flat
6 Ethiopia 0.9059 2016 up 2.8% flat
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9026 2017 down 8.2% falling
8 Pakistan 0.8583 2014 down 7.4% falling
9 South Africa 0.8446 2020 up 29.2% rising
10 Costa Rica 0.8413 2012 down 1.7% flat
11 Paraguay 0.8405 2009 down 5.6% falling
12 Sri Lanka 0.8396 2015 down 8.2% falling
13 Bolivia 0.829 2017 rising
14 Honduras 0.7774 2019 up 9.1% rising
15 Brazil 0.7563 2015 up 0.3% flat
16 El Salvador 0.7512 2017 up 7.2% rising
17 Uruguay 0.7357 2016 down 4.8% flat
18 Dominican Republic 0.7341 2015 down 4.7% rising
19 Ecuador 0.7325 2017 up 6.3% flat
20 Australia 0.7305 2015 down 20.6% falling
21 Chile 0.4882 2017 up 76.8% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
21 places, 220 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed