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

Romania: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment was 0.1619 in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.1619
Change on year
down 5.1%
World rank
67th
of 75 countries
All-time high
0.4129
in 2003
All-time low
0.1619
in 2020
Years of data
17
2003–2020

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Romania, 2003–2020

00.10.20.30.42003201120202003: 0.4132004: 0.3692005: 0.3352007: 0.2482008: 0.1642009: 0.1652010: 0.1822011: 0.1772012: 0.1852013: 0.1812014: 0.182015: 0.1832016: 0.1732017: 0.1812018: 0.1772019: 0.1712020: 0.162

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Romania recorded 0.1619 for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Romania peaked at 0.4129 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1619, in 2020.

Romania ranks 67th of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Romania, 2003 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2003 0.4129
2004 0.3692 -10.6%
2005 0.3352 -9.2%
2007 0.2478 -26.1%
2008 0.1639 -33.9%
2009 0.1653 +0.9%
2010 0.1816 +9.8%
2011 0.1768 -2.6%
2012 0.1854 +4.9%
2013 0.1814 -2.2%
2014 0.1796 -1.0%
2015 0.1834 +2.1%
2016 0.1733 -5.5%
2017 0.1813 +4.6%
2018 0.177 -2.3%
2019 0.1706 -3.6%
2020 0.1619 -5.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2824 0.1639 0.4129 6
2010s 0.179 0.1706 0.1854 10
2020s 0.1619 0.1619 0.1619 1

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 64 Paraguay 0.1733 compare
  2. 65 Costa Rica 0.1717 compare
  3. 66 Cambodia 0.166 compare
  4. 68 Ecuador 0.1594 compare
  5. 69 Philippines 0.1431 compare
  6. 70 El Salvador 0.1377 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Romania?
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Romania was 0.1619 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 0.4129 in 2003.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1619 in 2020.
How does Romania rank for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment?
Romania ranks 67th out of 75 countries with data for 2020.
Is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Romania 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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