Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece

Greece: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment was 0.2343 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.2343
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
25th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.2343
in 2020
All-time low
0.2027
in 2007
Years of data
14
2007–2020

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece, 2007–2020

00.050.10.150.20.252007201320202007: 0.2032008: 0.2042009: 0.2142010: 0.222011: 0.2152012: 0.2252013: 0.2232014: 0.2152015: 0.2182016: 0.2222017: 0.2222018: 0.2232019: 0.2332020: 0.234

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Greece recorded 0.2343 for public sector employment, as a share of total employment in 2020. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece peaked at 0.2343 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2027, in 2007.

Greece ranks 25th of 79 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 total employment in Greece, year by year

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece, 2007 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2007 0.2027
2008 0.204 +0.6%
2009 0.2137 +4.8%
2010 0.2204 +3.1%
2011 0.2147 -2.6%
2012 0.225 +4.8%
2013 0.223 -0.9%
2014 0.2153 -3.5%
2015 0.2177 +1.1%
2016 0.2224 +2.2%
2017 0.2223 -0.0%
2018 0.2226 +0.1%
2019 0.2329 +4.6%
2020 0.2343 +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2068 0.2027 0.2137 3
2010s 0.2216 0.2147 0.2329 10
2020s 0.2343 0.2343 0.2343 1

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 22 Latvia 0.2359 compare
  2. 23 Slovakia 0.2349 compare
  3. 24 Palestine 0.2348 compare
  4. 26 Jordan 0.2319 compare
  5. 27 Tunisia 0.2281 compare
  6. 28 Slovenia 0.227 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece?
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment in Greece was 0.2343 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of total employment recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 0.2343 in 2020.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of total employment recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2027 in 2007.
How does Greece rank for public sector employment, as a share of total employment?
Greece ranks 25th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is public sector employment, as a share of total employment rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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