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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
1
Peru
Lowest
0.4871
Chile
Median
0.7907
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
301

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 1 in Peru; the lowest is 0.4871 in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7907, and the mean is 0.7867.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 77.9%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 21.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Peru 1 2016 up 24.2% flat
2 Mexico 0.9983 2019 up 28.9% rising
3 Moldova 0.9795 2015 up 3.4% flat
4 Russia 0.9594 2016 up 0.7% flat
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.903 2017 down 8.2% falling
6 Ethiopia 0.883 2016 up 3.3% falling
7 Vietnam 0.871 2019 down 11.4% falling
8 Mongolia 0.8585 2018 down 7.6% falling
9 Georgia 0.8487 2013 down 7.9% falling
10 South Africa 0.8437 2020 up 33.5% rising
11 Paraguay 0.8252 2009 down 2.0% flat
12 Zambia 0.8152 2015 down 10.8% falling
13 Costa Rica 0.8081 2012 down 2.2% flat
14 Bolivia 0.8067 2017 — rising
15 Sri Lanka 0.7746 2016 down 6.1% falling
16 Philippines 0.7657 2019 up 1.1% flat
17 Palestine 0.7478 2017 down 14.3% falling
18 Uruguay 0.7334 2016 down 3.3% flat
19 Ecuador 0.7252 2017 up 5.4% rising
20 Dominican Republic 0.7243 2015 up 0.5% rising
21 El Salvador 0.7126 2017 up 5.8% rising
22 Australia 0.7114 2015 down 21.3% falling
23 Honduras 0.7106 2019 up 1.6% rising
24 Brazil 0.7035 2016 down 5.8% flat
25 Jordan 0.6829 2016 down 16.1% falling
26 Pakistan 0.6402 2014 down 19.6% falling
27 Mauritius 0.5088 2012 up 65.8% rising
28 Chile 0.4871 2017 up 77.9% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 301 data points, 2000–2020
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