Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania

Lithuania: Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment was 0.2763 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.2763
Change on year
up 3.8%
World rank
36th
of 59 countries
All-time high
0.3496
in 2007
All-time low
0.2441
in 2008
Years of data
16
2005–2020

Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania, 2005–2020

00.10.20.32005201220202005: 0.3442006: 0.3332007: 0.352008: 0.2442009: 0.2712010: 0.292011: 0.2812012: 0.2852013: 0.2622014: 0.262015: 0.2512016: 0.2562017: 0.2562018: 0.2512019: 0.2662020: 0.276

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2020, public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania stood at 0.2763.

The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania peaked at 0.3496 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2441, in 2008.

Lithuania ranks 36th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania, year by year

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania, 2005 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2005 0.3443
2006 0.3334 -3.2%
2007 0.3496 +4.9%
2008 0.2441 -30.2%
2009 0.2713 +11.2%
2010 0.2896 +6.7%
2011 0.2811 -2.9%
2012 0.2849 +1.4%
2013 0.2621 -8.0%
2014 0.2603 -0.7%
2015 0.2506 -3.8%
2016 0.2556 +2.0%
2017 0.256 +0.2%
2018 0.2511 -1.9%
2019 0.266 +5.9%
2020 0.2763 +3.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3085 0.2441 0.3496 5
2010s 0.2657 0.2506 0.2896 10
2020s 0.2763 0.2763 0.2763 1

Countries ranked near Lithuania

  1. 33 Turkey 0.2801 compare
  2. 34 Hungary 0.2784 compare
  3. 35 Slovakia 0.2775 compare
  4. 37 South Africa 0.276 compare
  5. 38 Guatemala 0.2733 compare
  6. 39 Australia 0.272 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania?
Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment in Lithuania was 0.2763 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of formal employment recorded in Lithuania?
The highest recorded value was 0.3496 in 2007.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of formal employment recorded in Lithuania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2441 in 2008.
How does Lithuania rank for public sector employment, as a share of formal employment?
Lithuania ranks 36th out of 59 countries with data for 2020.
Is public sector employment, as a share of formal employment rising or falling in Lithuania?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lithuania data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of formal employment
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 781 data points, 2000–2021
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