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Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by gender: Female by country

Countries reporting
70
Highest
0.5177
Russia
Lowest
0.0156
Niger
Median
0.2542
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
865

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by gender: Female is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 0.5177 in Russia; the lowest is 0.0156 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2542, and the mean is 0.2529.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 151.4%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 69.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 0.5177 2016 down 0.2% flat
2 Belgium 0.5011 2018 up 1.3% falling
3 Ukraine 0.4988 2013 down 6.2% falling
4 Iceland 0.4973 2013 up 4.1% rising
5 Maldives 0.4809 2019 up 10.7% rising
6 France 0.4541 2018 up 5.8% rising
7 Malta 0.4357 2018 up 20.3% rising
8 Finland 0.4278 2018 up 3.2% flat
9 United Kingdom 0.4246 2017 down 6.6% falling
10 Egypt 0.4214 2019 up 44.8% rising
11 Ireland 0.4123 2017 down 2.3% flat
12 Switzerland 0.3922 2018 up 18.7% rising
13 Moldova 0.3877 2015 down 2.0% flat
14 Hungary 0.3841 2018 up 20.7% falling
15 Palestine 0.3828 2017 up 24.2% rising
16 Luxembourg 0.352 2018 up 0.5% flat
17 Austria 0.3505 2018 up 16.3% rising
18 Latvia 0.3409 2018 up 12.5% rising
19 Portugal 0.3399 2018 up 20.6% rising
20 Mongolia 0.3386 2021 down 4.7% rising
21 Lithuania 0.3359 2018 up 9.5% falling
22 Estonia 0.328 2018 up 4.6% falling
23 Slovakia 0.3253 2017 down 33.3% falling
24 Spain 0.3167 2018 up 13.3% rising
25 Czechia 0.3161 2018 up 8.8% falling
26 Croatia 0.3122 2018 up 13.3% rising
27 Poland 0.3058 2017 down 18.0% falling
28 Greece 0.2826 2018 up 5.3% flat
29 Armenia 0.2785 2021 down 7.5% falling
30 Italy 0.2776 2018 down 9.9% falling
31 Serbia 0.276 2018 down 32.6% falling
32 Albania 0.2754 2012 up 100.6% rising
33 Jordan 0.2724 2016 down 33.2% falling
34 Tunisia 0.2589 2015 up 33.0% rising
35 Bulgaria 0.2548 2018 up 19.8% falling
36 Cyprus 0.2536 2018 up 3.8% flat
37 Panama 0.252 2021 up 13.2% falling
38 Australia 0.2489 2015 down 25.5% falling
39 South Africa 0.2488 2020 up 25.1% rising
40 Argentina 0.2398 2021 up 11.1% flat
41 Namibia 0.236 2015 down 19.4% falling
42 Dominican Republic 0.2271 2019 up 38.5% rising
43 Uruguay 0.203 2020 up 24.7% flat
44 Chile 0.2004 2020 up 151.4% rising
45 Costa Rica 0.199 2021 up 5.1% falling
46 Romania 0.1984 2018 up 19.0% falling
47 Vietnam 0.1855 2019 up 96.4% rising
48 Mexico 0.1808 2019 down 13.8% rising
49 Georgia 0.1676 2013 down 13.0% falling
50 Brazil 0.1672 2021 up 0.9% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.1609 2016 up 35.9% flat
52 United States 0.1514 2018 down 12.7% falling
53 Turkey 0.1502 2016 up 86.3% rising
54 Philippines 0.13 2019 up 21.0% rising
55 Paraguay 0.1241 2021 up 1.2% rising
56 Bolivia 0.1048 2021 down 3.6% rising
57 Honduras 0.1017 2019 up 1.3% falling
58 El Salvador 0.0936 2021 up 9.3% falling
59 Guatemala 0.0875 2019 up 21.8% rising
60 Morocco 0.0829 2009 — rising
61 Peru 0.0807 2021 down 6.4% rising
62 Ecuador 0.0771 2020 down 32.5% flat
63 Zambia 0.0751 2015 up 77.8% rising
64 Pakistan 0.0635 2020 up 23.6% falling
65 Ethiopia 0.0606 2021 down 69.1% volatile
66 Cameroon 0.0584 2022 up 27.0% rising
67 Colombia 0.0511 2020 up 1.4% falling
68 Cambodia 0.0417 2012 up 96.7% rising
69 Tanzania 0.0259 2020 up 78.3% rising
70 Niger 0.0156 2014 down 41.4% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by gender: Female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
70 places, 865 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed