Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Manager by country

Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.8246
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1151
United States of America
Median
0.3137
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
739

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Manager is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.8246 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1151 in United States of America.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3137, and the mean is 0.3485.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 86.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 58.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8246 2021 down 6.6% falling
2 Cambodia 0.7741 2012 up 8.7% rising
3 Jordan 0.7439 2016 up 9.5% falling
4 Viet Nam 0.7307 2019 down 15.5% falling
5 Greece 0.7251 2018 up 22.5% rising
6 Morocco 0.6887 2009 falling
7 Palestine, State of 0.6852 2017 down 0.6% falling
8 Peru 0.6612 2021 up 5.3% flat
9 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5272 2020 up 9.4% falling
10 Philippines 0.4979 2019 up 21.3% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 0.4754 2015 up 34.7% rising
12 Colombia 0.4733 2015 down 17.6% falling
13 Russian Federation 0.4722 2016 down 7.3% falling
14 Zambia 0.4364 2015 up 3.8% rising
15 Cameroon 0.4252 2022 down 17.8% falling
16 Iceland 0.4091 2013 up 25.9% rising
17 Türkiye 0.4029 2016 down 4.9% rising
18 Slovakia 0.3952 2017 down 5.9% flat
19 Georgia 0.3713 2013 down 33.9% falling
20 Mongolia 0.3672 2014 down 46.3% falling
21 Argentina 0.3608 2021 up 13.4% falling
22 Pakistan 0.3592 2020 up 14.9% falling
23 Hungary 0.3579 2018 down 3.1% falling
24 Italy 0.3481 2018 down 34.6% falling
25 El Salvador 0.3477 2021 up 12.2% flat
26 Romania 0.3428 2018 down 16.3% falling
27 Latvia 0.3392 2018 up 41.0% rising
28 Panama 0.3341 2021 up 28.2% rising
29 Costa Rica 0.3227 2021 down 6.6% flat
30 Ecuador 0.3225 2017 down 1.7% volatile
31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3182 2021 down 10.7% falling
32 Uruguay 0.3137 2017 up 18.2% rising
33 Paraguay 0.3008 2021 up 22.7% falling
34 Dominican Republic 0.2972 2019 up 11.7% rising
35 Mexico 0.2842 2017 up 40.3% falling
36 Croatia 0.2634 2018 down 34.3% falling
37 Namibia 0.2589 2015 down 48.3% falling
38 Cyprus 0.2571 2017 down 47.8% falling
39 Belgium 0.2531 2018 down 32.1% falling
40 Bulgaria 0.2529 2018 down 23.4% falling
41 Finland 0.251 2018 up 24.4% rising
42 Honduras 0.2432 2019 down 20.3% falling
43 Poland 0.2365 2017 down 42.1% falling
44 South Africa 0.2347 2020 up 12.7% falling
45 Sri Lanka 0.2292 2016 up 86.0% falling
46 Ireland 0.2218 2017 up 0.4% rising
47 Czechia 0.2201 2018 down 19.7% falling
48 Guatemala 0.2192 2017 up 75.4% rising
49 Malta 0.219 2018 down 18.6% falling
50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2167 2017 down 5.1% falling
51 Chile 0.2141 2017 down 17.3% falling
52 Switzerland 0.2041 2018 up 30.8% rising
53 Lithuania 0.2028 2018 down 18.7% falling
54 Estonia 0.1996 2018 up 6.5% falling
55 Australia 0.1994 2015 down 32.8% falling
56 Brazil 0.1897 2021 down 23.9% falling
57 Serbia 0.1766 2018 down 53.9% falling
58 Spain 0.1729 2018 down 58.6% falling
59 Austria 0.1721 2018 down 19.3% falling
60 Portugal 0.1689 2018 down 28.7% falling
61 France 0.1629 2018 down 41.6% falling
62 Luxembourg 0.1628 2018 down 13.1% falling
63 United States of America 0.1151 2018 down 10.4% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Manager
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 739 data points, 2000–2022
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