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

Countries reporting
70
Highest
0.4637
Maldives
Lowest
0.0233
Niger
Median
0.12
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
864

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by gender: Male is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 0.4637 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0233 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.12, and the mean is 0.1372.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 110.9%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 71.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 0.4637 2019 up 65.7% rising
2 Russian Federation 0.3667 2016 down 0.7% flat
3 Ukraine 0.2825 2013 down 26.8% falling
4 Luxembourg 0.2799 2018 up 37.0% rising
5 Jordan 0.2237 2016 down 29.4% falling
6 Republic of Moldova 0.219 2015 up 3.1% flat
7 Belgium 0.2156 2018 down 1.6% falling
8 Tunisia 0.2148 2015 up 4.7% falling
9 Palestine, State of 0.2085 2017 down 21.1% falling
10 Mongolia 0.2076 2021 down 23.8% flat
11 Malta 0.2001 2018 up 2.1% falling
12 France 0.1837 2018 down 2.2% falling
13 Egypt 0.181 2019 down 24.4% rising
14 Greece 0.1794 2018 up 12.3% rising
15 Cyprus 0.1744 2018 up 11.7% flat
16 Namibia 0.1731 2015 down 36.2% falling
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1677 2017 down 13.8% falling
18 Armenia 0.1624 2021 down 20.7% falling
19 Albania 0.1613 2012 up 12.1% rising
20 Spain 0.1577 2018 up 13.2% flat
21 Australia 0.1558 2015 down 23.4% falling
22 Switzerland 0.1531 2018 up 23.0% rising
23 South Africa 0.1523 2020 up 8.2% falling
24 Hungary 0.1516 2018 up 22.7% falling
25 Portugal 0.1508 2018 up 31.8% rising
26 Austria 0.1507 2018 up 7.8% falling
27 Argentina 0.1496 2021 up 14.0% rising
28 Ireland 0.1437 2017 down 16.9% falling
29 Uruguay 0.1424 2020 up 12.0% falling
30 Panama 0.1348 2021 up 10.7% flat
31 Viet Nam 0.1342 2019 up 28.7% falling
32 Iceland 0.1267 2013 down 18.5% falling
33 Dominican Republic 0.1234 2019 up 60.7% rising
34 Türkiye 0.1227 2016 down 8.0% falling
35 Italy 0.1206 2018 down 18.2% falling
36 Georgia 0.1194 2013 down 24.5% falling
37 Serbia 0.1189 2018 down 10.6% falling
38 Croatia 0.1189 2018 up 12.4% rising
39 Finland 0.1169 2018 down 3.2% flat
40 Slovakia 0.1142 2017 down 41.1% falling
41 Chile 0.1126 2020 up 110.9% rising
42 United States of America 0.1085 2018 down 11.5% falling
43 Cambodia 0.1075 2012 up 44.0% rising
44 Latvia 0.1073 2018 down 3.7% falling
45 Lithuania 0.1054 2018 down 14.9% falling
46 Estonia 0.1043 2018 up 12.9% falling
47 Mexico 0.1004 2019 down 21.7% falling
48 Bulgaria 0.0983 2018 down 10.4% falling
49 Poland 0.0982 2017 down 34.7% falling
50 Zambia 0.0981 2015 up 21.7% rising
51 Sri Lanka 0.0971 2016 up 3.7% falling
52 Czechia 0.0958 2018 down 2.2% falling
53 Brazil 0.0953 2021 up 5.6% rising
54 Cameroon 0.0931 2022 up 23.3% rising
55 Romania 0.0905 2018 up 9.4% volatile
56 Morocco 0.087 2009 — flat
57 Pakistan 0.0855 2020 up 2.0% falling
58 Costa Rica 0.085 2021 down 12.0% flat
59 El Salvador 0.0789 2021 up 3.3% falling
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0772 2021 down 17.4% flat
61 Ethiopia 0.0771 2021 down 71.0% falling
62 Paraguay 0.0767 2021 down 9.9% rising
63 Peru 0.0717 2021 down 14.8% flat
64 Philippines 0.0666 2019 up 3.5% flat
65 Ecuador 0.0661 2020 down 18.9% rising
66 Guatemala 0.0538 2019 up 18.2% rising
67 Honduras 0.0443 2019 up 2.4% falling
68 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0393 2020 down 8.4% falling
69 Colombia 0.0356 2020 down 2.5% falling
70 Niger 0.0233 2014 down 24.6% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by gender: Male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
70 places, 864 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed