Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Clerks by country
Countries reporting
58
Highest
0.7575
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1083
Latvia
Median
0.2353
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
705
What the numbers show
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Clerks is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 0.7575 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1083 in Latvia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2353, and the mean is 0.2826.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 4,104.7%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 50.6%).
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 0.7575 | 2021 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 2 | Pakistan | 0.6073 | 2020 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 3 | Moldova | 0.5575 | 2015 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | Zambia | 0.5561 | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 0.555 | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 0.5482 | 2016 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 7 | Jordan | 0.5172 | 2016 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 0.4593 | 2016 | up 69.3% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 0.4528 | 2014 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 10 | Ireland | 0.4087 | 2017 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 0.406 | 2021 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 12 | Palestine | 0.3829 | 2017 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 13 | France | 0.3629 | 2018 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.3139 | 2018 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 15 | Greece | 0.3007 | 2018 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 16 | Turkey | 0.2976 | 2016 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 0.2955 | 2017 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 18 | Georgia | 0.2921 | 2013 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 19 | Tanzania | 0.2918 | 2020 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 20 | Bolivia | 0.2872 | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 0.2844 | 2018 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 0.2769 | 2017 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 23 | Slovakia | 0.2728 | 2017 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 0.2684 | 2021 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.262 | 2020 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 0.2564 | 2019 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 0.2495 | 2018 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 28 | Malta | 0.2491 | 2018 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.2356 | 2018 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 30 | Portugal | 0.2349 | 2018 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 31 | Paraguay | 0.2344 | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 0.2263 | 2017 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 33 | Iceland | 0.2221 | 2013 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 34 | Hungary | 0.2217 | 2018 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0.2188 | 2018 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 36 | Croatia | 0.2079 | 2018 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 37 | Philippines | 0.2054 | 2019 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 38 | Brazil | 0.2044 | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 0.2043 | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 0.2032 | 2018 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 0.2029 | 2018 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 0.2019 | 2015 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 43 | Finland | 0.1974 | 2018 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 44 | Cyprus | 0.1921 | 2018 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 45 | Ecuador | 0.1887 | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 0.1849 | 2015 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.1784 | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 48 | Chile | 0.1733 | 2017 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.1713 | 2018 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 0.1671 | 2018 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 51 | Guatemala | 0.167 | 2017 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0.1608 | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 53 | United States | 0.1581 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 54 | Colombia | 0.1513 | 2020 | up 4,104.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Austria | 0.1405 | 2018 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0.1358 | 2021 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 57 | Estonia | 0.1194 | 2018 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Latvia | 0.1083 | 2018 | down 27.7% | falling |