Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by location: Rural by country

Countries reporting
64
Highest
0.6171
Russia
Lowest
0.032
Colombia
Median
0.2453
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
791

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by location: Rural is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 0.6171 in Russia; the lowest is 0.032 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2453, and the mean is 0.2629.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 327.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 42.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 0.6171 2016 down 8.9% falling
2 Jordan 0.5858 2016 down 11.8% falling
3 Mongolia 0.5685 2021 down 22.0% falling
4 Moldova 0.5031 2015 up 9.9% rising
5 Georgia 0.4985 2013 down 10.2% falling
6 Ukraine 0.4947 2013 down 18.5% falling
7 Armenia 0.482 2021 down 17.5% falling
8 Zambia 0.4587 2015 up 14.8% flat
9 Belgium 0.43 2018 up 4.5% falling
10 Luxembourg 0.3957 2018 up 13.4% falling
11 Ireland 0.3597 2017 down 3.9% flat
12 Iceland 0.3534 2013 down 12.9% falling
13 Bolivia 0.3396 2021 up 23.6% flat
14 United Kingdom 0.3284 2017 down 6.2% falling
15 Cameroon 0.3236 2022 up 27.4% flat
16 France 0.3211 2018 up 11.6% flat
17 Switzerland 0.3187 2018 up 34.2% rising
18 Finland 0.3147 2018 down 0.1% flat
19 Hungary 0.3136 2018 up 40.6% falling
20 Portugal 0.2986 2018 up 11.6% falling
21 Dominican Republic 0.2933 2019 up 46.9% rising
22 Vietnam 0.2908 2019 up 29.8% flat
23 Albania 0.2854 2012 down 32.6% falling
24 Latvia 0.2853 2018 up 16.3% flat
25 South Africa 0.2654 2020 up 26.5% rising
26 Panama 0.264 2021 up 39.4% rising
27 Palestine 0.263 2017 down 42.4% falling
28 Greece 0.263 2018 down 15.5% falling
29 Austria 0.2606 2018 up 16.0% falling
30 Lithuania 0.2556 2018 up 5.4% falling
31 Turkey 0.2512 2013 down 18.5% falling
32 Spain 0.248 2018 up 12.9% flat
33 Estonia 0.2425 2018 up 8.9% falling
34 Cyprus 0.2409 2018 up 25.8% rising
35 Slovakia 0.2342 2017 down 38.0% falling
36 Italy 0.2329 2018 down 22.4% falling
37 Namibia 0.2274 2015 down 33.2% falling
38 Poland 0.219 2017 down 33.5% falling
39 Australia 0.2167 2015 down 38.3% falling
40 Czechia 0.2164 2018 up 9.9% falling
41 Croatia 0.212 2018 up 2.4% flat
42 Serbia 0.1902 2018 up 0.5% flat
43 Sri Lanka 0.1902 2016 down 9.1% flat
44 Tanzania 0.1893 2020 up 20.1% falling
45 Pakistan 0.1868 2020 down 20.2% falling
46 Tunisia 0.1846 2015 down 1.4% rising
47 Chile 0.1791 2020 up 327.6% rising
48 Mexico 0.1716 2019 down 15.1% rising
49 Bulgaria 0.1716 2018 down 7.6% flat
50 United States 0.1705 2018 down 9.6% falling
51 Philippines 0.1699 2019 up 4.7% flat
52 Peru 0.1558 2021 up 1.9% falling
53 Brazil 0.1523 2021 down 2.9% rising
54 Costa Rica 0.1517 2021 up 21.0% rising
55 Paraguay 0.15 2021 up 7.2% rising
56 Romania 0.147 2018 down 5.6% falling
57 Uruguay 0.1153 2020 up 29.8% rising
58 Ecuador 0.1096 2020 up 17.5% rising
59 Honduras 0.1037 2019 up 59.2% rising
60 Cambodia 0.1031 2012 down 39.5% falling
61 El Salvador 0.1018 2021 up 21.5% rising
62 Morocco 0.067 2009 falling
63 Guatemala 0.06 2019 down 1.1% rising
64 Colombia 0.032 2020 down 15.3% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by location: Rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
64 places, 791 data points, 2000–2022
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