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

Countries reporting
64
Highest
0.867
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.2512
United States of America
Median
0.5655
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
755

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Professionals is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 0.867 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.2512 in United States of America.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5655, and the mean is 0.5662.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 125.8%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 28.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.867 2021 up 6.5% falling
2 Tunisia 0.75 2015 down 8.9% flat
3 Republic of Moldova 0.7462 2015 up 16.5% rising
4 Cambodia 0.73 2012 up 1.3% rising
5 Russian Federation 0.7182 2016 down 0.4% falling
6 Paraguay 0.7075 2021 down 0.6% falling
7 Zambia 0.7062 2015 down 8.7% flat
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7055 2020 up 23.0% flat
9 Namibia 0.6937 2015 down 18.3% falling
10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.684 2021 down 0.6% falling
11 Sri Lanka 0.6833 2016 down 3.7% falling
12 Spain 0.6791 2018 up 0.4% flat
13 Türkiye 0.6601 2016 down 5.8% falling
14 Palestine, State of 0.6443 2017 down 11.2% falling
15 Morocco 0.6422 2009 — flat
16 Greece 0.6381 2018 down 5.0% falling
17 Peru 0.6181 2021 down 1.7% falling
18 Ecuador 0.6178 2017 up 13.0% rising
19 Guatemala 0.613 2017 up 15.5% rising
20 Malta 0.6084 2018 up 10.3% rising
21 Panama 0.6055 2019 up 4.7% flat
22 Viet Nam 0.6029 2019 down 21.6% falling
23 Belgium 0.602 2018 down 3.1% falling
24 Dominican Republic 0.5986 2019 up 8.4% rising
25 Italy 0.5952 2018 down 13.1% falling
26 Mongolia 0.594 2014 down 28.4% falling
27 Georgia 0.5925 2013 down 14.5% falling
28 Croatia 0.5918 2018 up 9.5% flat
29 Iceland 0.5903 2013 down 8.1% flat
30 Austria 0.574 2018 down 4.1% falling
31 Serbia 0.5712 2018 down 0.8% flat
32 Portugal 0.5664 2018 down 10.4% falling
33 Ireland 0.5647 2017 down 15.8% falling
34 Cameroon 0.5635 2022 up 2.0% falling
35 Argentina 0.5566 2021 up 15.1% flat
36 Pakistan 0.5534 2020 up 26.5% flat
37 Slovakia 0.5485 2017 down 16.5% falling
38 Poland 0.5422 2017 down 22.1% falling
39 Philippines 0.5397 2019 down 6.6% falling
40 Costa Rica 0.5365 2021 down 12.2% falling
41 Mexico 0.5356 2017 up 26.4% falling
42 Hungary 0.5329 2018 down 12.3% falling
43 Latvia 0.5295 2018 up 0.4% flat
44 Uruguay 0.5287 2017 down 10.7% falling
45 Bulgaria 0.5185 2018 up 15.3% flat
46 Czechia 0.5149 2018 up 1.6% falling
47 Honduras 0.5118 2019 down 2.7% falling
48 Cyprus 0.4991 2018 down 13.9% falling
49 Brazil 0.4982 2021 down 9.0% flat
50 South Africa 0.4949 2020 up 38.9% falling
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4928 2017 down 16.5% falling
52 Estonia 0.4914 2018 down 17.1% falling
53 France 0.4882 2018 down 16.4% falling
54 Lithuania 0.4861 2018 down 10.2% falling
55 Jordan 0.4835 2016 down 15.1% falling
56 El Salvador 0.4667 2021 down 3.9% falling
57 Australia 0.4583 2015 down 26.5% falling
58 Switzerland 0.4268 2018 up 19.4% rising
59 Finland 0.4219 2018 down 11.3% falling
60 Romania 0.3924 2018 up 30.9% falling
61 Chile 0.3736 2017 up 26.7% falling
62 Luxembourg 0.3289 2018 down 20.1% falling
63 Colombia 0.3094 2020 up 125.8% falling
64 United States of America 0.2512 2018 down 15.7% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Professionals
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
64 places, 755 data points, 2000–2022
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