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

Countries reporting
62
Highest
0.8718
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.0502
Colombia
Median
0.3631
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
730

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Technicians is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 0.8718 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.0502 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3631, and the mean is 0.3766.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 86.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 61.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8718 2021 up 7.5% falling
2 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6787 2020 down 7.7% falling
3 Russian Federation 0.6588 2016 up 16.5% flat
4 Republic of Moldova 0.651 2015 up 5.7% falling
5 Zambia 0.5708 2015 down 14.3% falling
6 Mongolia 0.5604 2014 down 29.7% falling
7 Luxembourg 0.5411 2018 up 24.1% rising
8 Viet Nam 0.5326 2019 down 27.4% falling
9 Hungary 0.4864 2018 up 17.7% falling
10 Jordan 0.4799 2016 down 2.0% falling
11 Palestine, State of 0.4691 2017 down 36.1% falling
12 Pakistan 0.4653 2020 down 18.5% falling
13 Ecuador 0.4637 2017 up 86.5% rising
14 Cameroon 0.4559 2022 down 7.9% rising
15 Dominican Republic 0.4416 2019 up 56.5% rising
16 South Africa 0.4338 2020 down 13.4% falling
17 Serbia 0.4335 2018 up 10.0% rising
18 Belgium 0.433 2018 down 28.9% falling
19 Finland 0.4291 2018 up 15.6% rising
20 Greece 0.4289 2018 down 2.3% flat
21 Panama 0.4216 2021 up 20.3% flat
22 Spain 0.4208 2018 up 37.7% rising
23 Namibia 0.4118 2015 down 34.3% falling
24 Georgia 0.401 2013 down 26.6% falling
25 Morocco 0.3948 2009 falling
26 Sri Lanka 0.3762 2016 down 4.0% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3747 2017 down 32.3% falling
28 France 0.3701 2018 down 5.1% falling
29 Honduras 0.3686 2019 down 21.4% falling
30 Slovakia 0.3671 2017 down 33.0% falling
31 Italy 0.3653 2018 down 17.9% falling
32 Poland 0.3608 2017 down 21.9% falling
33 Switzerland 0.3442 2018 down 8.1% falling
34 Argentina 0.3429 2021 down 18.5% falling
35 Brazil 0.3327 2021 down 10.5% falling
36 Ireland 0.3314 2017 down 3.5% falling
37 Paraguay 0.3281 2021 up 23.2% falling
38 Malta 0.3229 2018 down 26.6% falling
39 Guatemala 0.32 2017 up 81.5% rising
40 Latvia 0.3086 2018 down 3.0% falling
41 Iceland 0.3083 2013 down 24.7% falling
42 Estonia 0.3031 2018 up 2.9% falling
43 Philippines 0.2999 2019 down 0.4% falling
44 Austria 0.2981 2018 up 2.8% falling
45 Uruguay 0.2977 2017 up 13.1% flat
46 Chile 0.2902 2017 up 59.0% rising
47 Romania 0.289 2018 down 21.2% falling
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2859 2021 down 2.4% falling
49 Australia 0.2793 2015 down 34.1% falling
50 Czechia 0.2779 2018 down 25.7% falling
51 Lithuania 0.2777 2018 down 28.1% falling
52 El Salvador 0.2777 2021 down 28.9% falling
53 Portugal 0.2774 2018 down 28.0% falling
54 Türkiye 0.2644 2016 down 35.1% falling
55 Cyprus 0.2592 2018 up 19.9% falling
56 Bulgaria 0.2453 2018 down 39.6% falling
57 Croatia 0.2431 2018 down 27.5% falling
58 Peru 0.2167 2021 up 20.4% falling
59 Mexico 0.2013 2017 down 61.0% falling
60 Costa Rica 0.1966 2021 down 11.8% falling
61 United States 0.1611 2018 down 10.1% falling
62 Colombia 0.0502 2020 down 53.7% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Technicians
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
62 places, 730 data points, 2000–2022
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