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Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by gender: Female by country

Countries reporting
69
Highest
0.6626
Maldives
Lowest
0.1006
Colombia
Median
0.3515
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
856

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by gender: Female is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 0.6626 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.1006 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3515, and the mean is 0.3539.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 169.4%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 41.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 0.6626 2019 up 5.3% falling
2 Egypt 0.6301 2019 down 15.7% flat
3 Republic of Moldova 0.5556 2015 up 8.6% rising
4 Russian Federation 0.5537 2016 down 5.3% falling
5 Belgium 0.5444 2018 up 1.7% falling
6 Iceland 0.537 2013 up 1.3% rising
7 Zambia 0.5324 2015 up 5.5% falling
8 Ukraine 0.5233 2013 down 15.0% falling
9 Mongolia 0.5178 2021 down 8.1% falling
10 Ethiopia 0.5006 2021 up 19.3% rising
11 France 0.4896 2018 up 6.3% rising
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4775 2017 down 3.7% flat
13 Palestine, State of 0.4752 2017 down 15.2% falling
14 Finland 0.471 2018 up 3.2% rising
15 Malta 0.4653 2018 up 21.8% rising
16 Albania 0.4599 2012 down 17.7% falling
17 Armenia 0.4486 2021 down 23.2% falling
18 Ireland 0.4471 2017 down 2.4% flat
19 Georgia 0.4429 2013 down 23.9% falling
20 Switzerland 0.4318 2018 up 18.5% rising
21 Hungary 0.4228 2018 up 19.9% falling
22 Viet Nam 0.4154 2019 up 21.4% falling
23 Austria 0.3854 2018 up 12.7% rising
24 Greece 0.3785 2018 down 0.7% flat
25 Portugal 0.3767 2018 up 11.1% flat
26 Poland 0.3716 2017 down 21.5% falling
27 Latvia 0.3697 2018 up 13.8% rising
28 Luxembourg 0.3695 2018 down 0.6% flat
29 Slovakia 0.3693 2017 down 28.9% falling
30 Lithuania 0.3671 2018 up 8.5% falling
31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3618 2021 down 1.3% flat
32 Spain 0.3599 2018 up 12.3% flat
33 Czechia 0.3563 2018 up 9.5% falling
34 Panama 0.3563 2019 up 18.3% flat
35 Estonia 0.3515 2018 up 8.1% falling
36 Italy 0.3322 2018 down 12.0% falling
37 Croatia 0.3307 2018 up 9.8% rising
38 Tunisia 0.3299 2015 up 9.4% flat
39 Dominican Republic 0.3259 2019 up 34.3% rising
40 Argentina 0.3202 2021 up 19.3% falling
41 Serbia 0.3131 2018 down 41.9% falling
42 Cameroon 0.3009 2022 up 2.2% falling
43 Pakistan 0.2879 2020 down 7.2% rising
44 Mexico 0.2875 2019 down 16.2% flat
45 South Africa 0.2869 2020 up 23.1% rising
46 Namibia 0.2861 2015 down 21.5% falling
47 Jordan 0.2795 2016 down 34.5% falling
48 Cyprus 0.2794 2018 up 2.4% flat
49 Australia 0.2765 2015 down 27.3% falling
50 Bulgaria 0.2764 2018 up 16.0% falling
51 Chile 0.276 2020 up 169.4% rising
52 Uruguay 0.269 2020 up 22.0% flat
53 Sri Lanka 0.269 2016 up 19.1% rising
54 Morocco 0.2608 2009 — flat
55 Romania 0.2515 2018 up 10.9% falling
56 Costa Rica 0.25 2021 up 5.0% falling
57 Peru 0.2421 2021 up 4.8% falling
58 Türkiye 0.2416 2016 up 15.0% rising
59 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.234 2020 up 6.5% falling
60 Brazil 0.2309 2021 up 0.9% flat
61 Paraguay 0.2291 2021 down 2.5% rising
62 Honduras 0.2279 2019 down 3.9% flat
63 Ecuador 0.2206 2020 down 5.0% rising
64 Philippines 0.2156 2019 up 3.9% falling
65 El Salvador 0.19 2021 up 14.3% falling
66 United States of America 0.1595 2018 down 13.1% falling
67 Guatemala 0.1543 2019 up 8.1% rising
68 Cambodia 0.1044 2012 down 11.2% falling
69 Colombia 0.1006 2020 down 4.8% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by gender: Female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
69 places, 856 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed