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

Countries reporting
69
Highest
0.5009
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.0955
Colombia
Median
0.2607
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
855

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by location: Urban is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 0.5009 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.0955 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2607, and the mean is 0.2703.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 146.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 39.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.5009 2021 up 8.7% rising
2 Moldova 0.4483 2015 up 12.5% rising
3 Mongolia 0.4456 2021 down 2.4% falling
4 Russia 0.4395 2016 down 6.3% falling
5 Zambia 0.3941 2015 up 5.6% falling
6 Ukraine 0.3907 2013 down 28.2% falling
7 Belgium 0.3839 2018 down 0.1% falling
8 Albania 0.3794 2012 down 9.9% falling
9 Vietnam 0.3705 2019 down 6.4% falling
10 Niger 0.3695 2014 down 34.6% falling
11 France 0.3602 2018 up 5.6% flat
12 Cambodia 0.3547 2012 down 2.4% falling
13 Tunisia 0.3506 2015 down 0.5% falling
14 United Kingdom 0.3448 2017 down 8.9% falling
15 Iceland 0.3395 2013 down 3.3% flat
16 Malta 0.3339 2018 up 15.3% rising
17 Greece 0.3299 2018 up 7.7% flat
18 Panama 0.3259 2021 up 31.8% flat
19 Egypt 0.3241 2019 down 27.9% falling
20 Georgia 0.3156 2013 down 30.3% falling
21 Finland 0.3106 2018 up 7.3% rising
22 Armenia 0.3079 2021 down 26.7% falling
23 Ireland 0.3 2017 down 14.0% falling
24 Palestine 0.297 2017 down 33.9% falling
25 Switzerland 0.2894 2018 up 19.7% rising
26 Luxembourg 0.2863 2018 up 6.7% falling
27 Dominican Republic 0.2854 2019 up 34.9% rising
28 Hungary 0.2841 2018 up 9.5% falling
29 Austria 0.2815 2018 up 10.3% flat
30 Spain 0.2796 2018 up 15.2% flat
31 Portugal 0.2685 2018 up 18.7% rising
32 Slovakia 0.2639 2017 down 34.0% falling
33 Cameroon 0.2637 2022 up 20.7% falling
34 Argentina 0.261 2021 up 18.8% flat
35 Poland 0.2607 2017 down 26.0% falling
36 Bolivia 0.2504 2021 down 3.8% rising
37 Morocco 0.2472 2009 — falling
38 Lithuania 0.2461 2018 up 1.2% falling
39 Czechia 0.2445 2018 up 7.6% falling
40 Uruguay 0.2419 2020 up 17.2% falling
41 Italy 0.24 2018 down 15.1% falling
42 Serbia 0.2398 2018 down 19.7% falling
43 Namibia 0.2397 2015 down 35.3% falling
44 Estonia 0.2375 2018 up 12.0% falling
45 Cyprus 0.2368 2018 down 1.7% falling
46 Croatia 0.2368 2018 up 11.5% rising
47 Australia 0.236 2015 down 24.6% falling
48 Latvia 0.2356 2018 up 10.5% rising
49 South Africa 0.2242 2020 up 15.6% falling
50 Chile 0.2181 2020 up 146.3% rising
51 Pakistan 0.2152 2020 up 0.2% falling
52 Sri Lanka 0.2118 2016 up 31.3% falling
53 Tanzania 0.208 2020 down 23.1% falling
54 Mexico 0.2073 2019 down 19.1% flat
55 Jordan 0.2068 2016 down 39.6% falling
56 Turkey 0.2011 2013 down 19.7% falling
57 Bulgaria 0.1973 2018 up 11.8% falling
58 Romania 0.1914 2018 up 12.2% falling
59 Brazil 0.1908 2021 up 5.6% flat
60 Peru 0.1863 2021 down 9.0% falling
61 Paraguay 0.1813 2021 down 11.1% falling
62 Costa Rica 0.178 2021 down 9.3% falling
63 Ecuador 0.1753 2020 down 11.6% flat
64 El Salvador 0.1554 2021 down 4.0% falling
65 Honduras 0.1497 2019 down 19.9% falling
66 Guatemala 0.1329 2019 up 14.1% flat
67 United States 0.1313 2018 down 13.1% falling
68 Philippines 0.117 2019 down 22.1% falling
69 Colombia 0.0955 2020 down 5.8% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment by location: Urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
69 places, 855 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed