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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Clerks
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 705 data points, 2000–2021
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