Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Elementary workers by country
Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.4951
France
Lowest
0.0062
Cambodia
Median
0.1559
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
742
What the numbers show
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Elementary workers is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.4951 in France; the lowest is 0.0062 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1559, and the mean is 0.1625.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 80.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 131.8%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 79.6%).
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 0.4951 | 2018 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.4324 | 2014 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4218 | 2015 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 4 | Hungary | 0.4166 | 2018 | up 48.8% | flat |
| 5 | Belgium | 0.3833 | 2018 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 6 | Zambia | 0.3399 | 2015 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.3186 | 2018 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 0.2941 | 2016 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 9 | Georgia | 0.2707 | 2013 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0.2688 | 2018 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 0.2614 | 2014 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 12 | Poland | 0.2496 | 2017 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0.2425 | 2017 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 14 | Serbia | 0.242 | 2018 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 0.2336 | 2018 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 16 | Austria | 0.2121 | 2018 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 0.2075 | 2021 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 18 | Malta | 0.2002 | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.194 | 2017 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 20 | Finland | 0.1906 | 2018 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 21 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1884 | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 22 | Greece | 0.1863 | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 23 | Croatia | 0.179 | 2018 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 0.1775 | 2018 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 0.1772 | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 26 | Latvia | 0.1759 | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.1737 | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 0.1651 | 2020 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.1651 | 2018 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 0.1638 | 2018 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 0.1636 | 2015 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Ireland | 0.1559 | 2017 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 0.1501 | 2018 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 0.1385 | 2015 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 35 | Palestine, State of | 0.1256 | 2017 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 36 | Namibia | 0.1186 | 2015 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.1172 | 2013 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 0.1107 | 2018 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 39 | Panama | 0.1097 | 2021 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 40 | Spain | 0.1028 | 2018 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 41 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1024 | 2020 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 42 | Italy | 0.1014 | 2018 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 0.0869 | 2020 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 44 | Viet Nam | 0.0841 | 2019 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 45 | Türkiye | 0.0837 | 2016 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 0.0771 | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 0.0746 | 2016 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 48 | Chile | 0.0725 | 2017 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 0.0671 | 2017 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 50 | United States | 0.0663 | 2018 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 51 | Brazil | 0.0634 | 2021 | up 85.3% | flat |
| 52 | Morocco | 0.0612 | 2009 | — | falling |
| 53 | Ecuador | 0.0596 | 2017 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.0529 | 2021 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.0453 | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 56 | Mexico | 0.0439 | 2017 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 57 | Argentina | 0.0393 | 2018 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 58 | Paraguay | 0.038 | 2021 | down 59.4% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 0.033 | 2019 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Philippines | 0.0328 | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 61 | Colombia | 0.0148 | 2020 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0.01 | 2017 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 0.0062 | 2012 | down 79.6% | volatile |