Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras

Honduras: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment was 0.1337 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.1337
Change on year
up 6.2%
World rank
72nd
of 75 countries
All-time high
0.1595
in 2012
All-time low
0.1193
in 2017
Years of data
19
2001–2019

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras, 2001–2019

00.050.10.152001201020192001: 0.1592002: 0.1312003: 0.1212004: 0.1272005: 0.1522006: 0.1412007: 0.1392008: 0.1452009: 0.1362010: 0.1422011: 0.1422012: 0.162013: 0.1262014: 0.1282015: 0.1352016: 0.1312017: 0.1192018: 0.1262019: 0.134

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras stood at 0.1337.

The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras peaked at 0.1595 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1193, in 2017.

Honduras ranks 72nd of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras, year by year

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras, 2001 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2001 0.1587
2002 0.1311 -17.4%
2003 0.1205 -8.0%
2004 0.1268 +5.2%
2005 0.1525 +20.3%
2006 0.1414 -7.2%
2007 0.1388 -1.9%
2008 0.1452 +4.6%
2009 0.1356 -6.6%
2010 0.1417 +4.5%
2011 0.1421 +0.2%
2012 0.1595 +12.3%
2013 0.126 -21.0%
2014 0.1277 +1.3%
2015 0.1345 +5.4%
2016 0.131 -2.6%
2017 0.1193 -8.9%
2018 0.126 +5.6%
2019 0.1337 +6.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.139 0.1205 0.1587 9
2010s 0.1342 0.1193 0.1595 10

Countries ranked near Honduras

  1. 69 Philippines 0.1431 compare
  2. 70 El Salvador 0.1377 compare
  3. 71 United States of America 0.1374 compare
  4. 73 Guatemala 0.1015 compare
  5. 74 Rwanda 0.092 compare
  6. 75 Colombia 0.0849 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras?
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Honduras was 0.1337 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 0.1595 in 2012.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1193 in 2017.
How does Honduras rank for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment?
Honduras ranks 72nd out of 75 countries with data for 2019.
Is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
75 places, 979 data points, 2000–2022
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