Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
0.9789
Ukraine
Lowest
0.022
South Africa
Median
0.6441
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
326

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Education is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 0.9789 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.022 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6441, and the mean is 0.6503.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 305.7%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 32.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 0.9789 2013 down 1.5% flat
2 Republic of Moldova 0.9561 2015 down 1.3% flat
3 Armenia 0.8957 2021 down 8.3% falling
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8912 2016 down 4.6% flat
5 Ethiopia 0.8421 2016 up 4.3% flat
6 Morocco 0.7892 2009 flat
7 Zambia 0.7744 2015 down 8.9% flat
8 Russian Federation 0.7703 2011 down 7.3% falling
9 Costa Rica 0.7454 2015 down 6.3% falling
10 Dominican Republic 0.6814 2019 up 22.8% rising
11 Paraguay 0.6668 2009 down 5.7% flat
12 Palestine, State of 0.661 2017 down 14.1% falling
13 Jordan 0.6467 2016 down 13.1% falling
14 Australia 0.6465 2015 down 25.0% falling
15 Honduras 0.6441 2016 down 10.8% falling
16 Philippines 0.6437 2019 down 32.7% falling
17 Ecuador 0.6406 2017 up 7.7% flat
18 Brazil 0.6377 2017 down 5.7% flat
19 Uruguay 0.6368 2017 down 1.3% flat
20 Sri Lanka 0.596 2016 down 15.4% falling
21 El Salvador 0.5955 2014 down 6.0% falling
22 Pakistan 0.5774 2020 down 14.6% falling
23 Argentina 0.5743 2017 down 6.7% flat
24 Peru 0.5539 2017 down 14.6% falling
25 Guatemala 0.5375 2017 down 3.2% rising
26 Chile 0.4349 2017 up 54.6% falling
27 Mauritius 0.4218 2012 down 2.4% falling
28 Colombia 0.3963 2017 down 20.5% falling
29 South Africa 0.022 2020 up 305.7% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 326 data points, 2000–2021
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