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

Countries reporting
68
Highest
0.6082
Maldives
Lowest
0.0741
Colombia
Median
0.1847
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
851

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by gender: Male is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 0.6082 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0741 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1847, and the mean is 0.2053.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 127.1%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 42.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 0.6082 2019 up 39.6% falling
2 Ethiopia 0.4821 2021 down 1.1% falling
3 Russian Federation 0.3903 2016 down 7.9% falling
4 Mongolia 0.377 2021 down 14.0% flat
5 Republic of Moldova 0.3714 2015 up 19.2% rising
6 Zambia 0.3553 2015 up 4.6% falling
7 Georgia 0.3171 2013 down 20.7% falling
8 Ukraine 0.3114 2013 down 36.2% falling
9 Luxembourg 0.3007 2018 up 36.8% rising
10 Albania 0.2988 2012 down 16.2% falling
11 Tunisia 0.2971 2015 down 4.4% falling
12 Palestine, State of 0.2725 2017 down 36.4% falling
13 Armenia 0.2705 2021 down 21.7% falling
14 Greece 0.2684 2018 up 6.4% flat
15 Cameroon 0.264 2022 up 31.3% falling
16 Viet Nam 0.2559 2019 down 4.1% falling
17 Jordan 0.2535 2016 down 33.7% falling
18 Dominican Republic 0.2489 2019 up 37.7% rising
19 Belgium 0.2488 2018 down 2.2% falling
20 Panama 0.2399 2021 up 26.4% falling
21 Malta 0.2382 2018 up 1.8% falling
22 Argentina 0.2126 2021 up 17.6% rising
23 Cambodia 0.2085 2012 down 27.2% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2081 2017 down 13.8% falling
25 Uruguay 0.2079 2020 up 13.3% falling
26 France 0.2074 2018 down 2.9% falling
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2072 2021 down 1.4% rising
28 Cyprus 0.1993 2018 up 5.9% falling
29 Namibia 0.1959 2015 down 42.0% falling
30 Spain 0.1941 2018 up 13.4% flat
31 Australia 0.1904 2015 down 25.2% falling
32 South Africa 0.189 2020 up 11.8% falling
33 Pakistan 0.1879 2020 down 12.5% falling
34 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1851 2020 down 12.4% falling
35 Ireland 0.1842 2017 down 24.4% falling
36 Morocco 0.1839 2009 — falling
37 Türkiye 0.1773 2016 down 21.9% falling
38 Austria 0.1753 2018 up 6.7% falling
39 Hungary 0.1736 2018 up 19.6% falling
40 Portugal 0.1731 2018 up 20.5% flat
41 Switzerland 0.172 2018 up 16.1% flat
42 Italy 0.1629 2018 down 23.3% falling
43 Chile 0.1611 2020 up 127.1% rising
44 Sri Lanka 0.1568 2016 down 16.4% falling
45 Iceland 0.155 2013 down 21.4% falling
46 Mexico 0.1541 2019 down 22.9% falling
47 Brazil 0.152 2021 up 10.3% rising
48 Serbia 0.1488 2018 down 21.6% falling
49 Peru 0.1475 2021 down 16.1% falling
50 Finland 0.143 2018 down 3.0% flat
51 Slovakia 0.1415 2017 down 41.1% falling
52 Croatia 0.1362 2018 up 8.2% rising
53 Paraguay 0.1361 2021 down 13.5% falling
54 Ecuador 0.1305 2020 down 5.2% rising
55 Poland 0.1276 2017 down 39.4% falling
56 Latvia 0.1229 2018 down 2.5% falling
57 Czechia 0.1221 2018 down 0.6% falling
58 Lithuania 0.122 2018 down 14.0% falling
59 Romania 0.1217 2018 up 5.1% volatile
60 Estonia 0.1204 2018 up 18.6% falling
61 United States of America 0.1171 2018 down 12.7% falling
62 Costa Rica 0.1164 2021 down 11.2% falling
63 El Salvador 0.1137 2021 down 7.2% falling
64 Bulgaria 0.1121 2018 down 13.7% falling
65 Philippines 0.1009 2019 down 17.6% falling
66 Honduras 0.0852 2019 down 2.1% falling
67 Guatemala 0.078 2019 up 6.5% falling
68 Colombia 0.0741 2020 down 7.1% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by gender: Male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
68 places, 851 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed