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Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by country

Countries reporting
79
Highest
0.471
Maldives
Lowest
0.0197
Niger
Median
0.1946
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
1,004

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 0.471 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0197 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1946, and the mean is 0.1872.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 139.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 70.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 0.471 2019 up 38.1% rising
2 Russian Federation 0.4493 2016 up 0.0% flat
3 Ukraine 0.3867 2013 down 16.1% falling
4 Belgium 0.3578 2020 up 6.1% falling
5 Denmark 0.3252 2020 — falling
6 Luxembourg 0.3154 2020 up 26.8% rising
7 Republic of Moldova 0.3029 2015 down 0.5% flat
8 Iceland 0.2991 2013 down 4.1% flat
9 Ireland 0.2933 2020 up 9.5% flat
10 France 0.2894 2020 down 9.0% falling
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2887 2018 down 2.4% falling
12 Malta 0.286 2020 up 11.8% rising
13 Finland 0.2782 2020 up 6.8% flat
14 Switzerland 0.2751 2020 up 16.0% rising
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2738 2019 down 16.0% falling
16 Mongolia 0.2709 2021 down 13.0% rising
17 Portugal 0.2692 2020 up 25.3% rising
18 Austria 0.2562 2020 up 13.1% rising
19 Spain 0.2481 2020 up 9.4% rising
20 Hungary 0.2468 2020 up 7.9% falling
21 Lithuania 0.2443 2020 down 5.9% falling
22 Latvia 0.2359 2020 down 1.1% flat
23 Slovakia 0.2349 2020 down 8.8% falling
24 Palestine, State of 0.2348 2017 down 14.0% falling
25 Greece 0.2343 2020 up 6.3% rising
26 Jordan 0.2319 2016 down 30.3% falling
27 Tunisia 0.2281 2015 up 13.0% falling
28 Slovenia 0.227 2020 up 4.8% falling
29 Armenia 0.2204 2021 down 12.2% falling
30 Estonia 0.2191 2020 down 7.9% falling
31 Egypt 0.2177 2019 down 14.4% rising
32 Croatia 0.2057 2020 up 11.9% rising
33 Czechia 0.2056 2020 up 11.7% falling
34 Poland 0.205 2020 up 7.2% falling
35 Cyprus 0.2036 2020 up 0.9% flat
36 Namibia 0.2021 2015 down 28.3% falling
37 Australia 0.2001 2015 down 24.5% falling
38 Albania 0.1996 2012 up 41.5% rising
39 Italy 0.1954 2020 up 4.8% falling
40 South Africa 0.1946 2020 up 17.3% rising
41 Argentina 0.1888 2021 up 13.2% flat
42 Mauritius 0.1829 2017 down 1.2% rising
43 Panama 0.1798 2021 up 12.1% flat
44 Bulgaria 0.1775 2019 up 9.5% falling
45 Serbia 0.1767 2020 down 10.8% falling
46 Uruguay 0.1699 2020 up 18.7% falling
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1677 2006 up 13.6% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.1654 2019 up 55.1% rising
49 Türkiye 0.1603 2019 up 26.9% rising
50 Viet Nam 0.1581 2019 up 58.9% rising
51 Chile 0.1528 2020 up 139.8% rising
52 Georgia 0.1422 2013 down 18.9% falling
53 Mexico 0.1367 2020 up 20.7% flat
54 Costa Rica 0.1298 2021 down 1.1% flat
55 United States of America 0.1288 2018 down 12.3% falling
56 Romania 0.1266 2020 down 1.3% falling
57 Brazil 0.1251 2021 up 2.4% rising
58 Sri Lanka 0.1189 2016 up 15.7% falling
59 Paraguay 0.0962 2021 down 4.1% rising
60 Philippines 0.0913 2019 up 12.6% rising
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0888 2021 down 11.2% rising
62 Zambia 0.0878 2015 up 40.6% rising
63 Afghanistan 0.0874 2019 up 47.2% rising
64 Morocco 0.0858 2009 — flat
65 El Salvador 0.0847 2021 up 5.6% falling
66 Pakistan 0.0806 2020 up 4.9% falling
67 India 0.0777 2019 down 13.5% rising
68 Cameroon 0.0767 2022 up 24.3% rising
69 Cambodia 0.0765 2012 up 59.7% rising
70 Peru 0.0759 2021 down 10.8% rising
71 Ecuador 0.0706 2020 down 25.1% flat
72 Ethiopia 0.0702 2021 down 70.3% volatile
73 Honduras 0.0658 2019 up 3.2% falling
74 Guatemala 0.0656 2019 up 19.2% rising
75 Rwanda 0.0631 2020 up 127.1% rising
76 Bangladesh 0.042 2015 down 4.4% falling
77 Colombia 0.0417 2020 down 1.1% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.033 2020 up 16.3% rising
79 Niger 0.0197 2014 down 33.6% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
79 places, 1,004 data points, 2000–2022
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