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Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.8476
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1783
Mexico
Median
0.6712
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
286

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.8476 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1783 in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6712, and the mean is 0.6073.

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

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 83.5%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 54.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8476 2016 up 0.1% falling
2 Republic of Moldova 0.8079 2015 up 11.8% flat
3 Ecuador 0.7816 2017 up 36.4% rising
4 Sri Lanka 0.7649 2016 down 0.7% flat
5 Russian Federation 0.7569 2016 down 13.2% falling
6 Viet Nam 0.7516 2019 down 20.4% falling
7 Mongolia 0.7508 2018 down 15.9% falling
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7323 2017 down 20.7% falling
9 Paraguay 0.7264 2009 down 14.4% flat
10 Costa Rica 0.7248 2012 down 5.2% falling
11 Palestine, State of 0.7206 2017 down 1.4% falling
12 Pakistan 0.6903 2014 down 8.7% flat
13 Mauritius 0.6863 2012 down 14.2% falling
14 El Salvador 0.6712 2017 down 11.8% flat
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6627 2017 — rising
16 Dominican Republic 0.662 2015 down 10.4% rising
17 Australia 0.6035 2015 down 18.3% flat
18 Chile 0.5939 2017 up 83.5% flat
19 Jordan 0.5715 2016 down 2.7% flat
20 South Africa 0.5303 2020 down 20.1% falling
21 Brazil 0.4724 2016 down 15.2% falling
22 Philippines 0.4369 2019 up 1.1% falling
23 Honduras 0.4185 2019 down 32.7% flat
24 Uruguay 0.3134 2016 down 4.4% flat
25 United States of America 0.2874 2018 down 15.3% falling
26 Peru 0.2542 2011 down 54.5% falling
27 Mexico 0.1783 2020 down 9.9% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 286 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed