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

Switzerland: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment was 0.3025 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.3025
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
27th
of 75 countries
All-time high
0.3025
in 2020
All-time low
0.2411
in 2008
Years of data
14
2007–2020

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Switzerland, 2007–2020

00.10.20.32007201320202007: 0.292008: 0.2412009: 0.2532010: 0.2682011: 0.2642012: 0.2712013: 0.2772014: 0.2692015: 0.2782016: 0.282017: 0.2842018: 0.2942019: 0.2942020: 0.303

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 0.3025 for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in 2020. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Switzerland peaked at 0.3025 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2411, in 2008.

Switzerland ranks 27th of 75 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Switzerland, 2007 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2007 0.2898
2008 0.2411 -16.8%
2009 0.2531 +5.0%
2010 0.2685 +6.1%
2011 0.2639 -1.7%
2012 0.2712 +2.8%
2013 0.2774 +2.3%
2014 0.2689 -3.1%
2015 0.2776 +3.2%
2016 0.28 +0.9%
2017 0.284 +1.4%
2018 0.2943 +3.6%
2019 0.2944 +0.0%
2020 0.3025 +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2613 0.2411 0.2898 3
2010s 0.278 0.2639 0.2944 10
2020s 0.3025 0.3025 0.3025 1

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 24 Tunisia 0.3076 compare
  2. 25 Egypt 0.3064 compare
  3. 26 Palestine, State of 0.3044 compare
  4. 28 Portugal 0.3003 compare
  5. 29 Austria 0.2896 compare
  6. 30 Spain 0.2892 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Switzerland?
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment in Switzerland was 0.3025 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 0.3025 in 2020.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of paid employment recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2411 in 2008.
How does Switzerland rank for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment?
Switzerland ranks 27th out of 75 countries with data for 2020.
Is public sector employment, as a share of paid employment rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Switzerland 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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