Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Health by country
Countries reporting
29
Highest
0.9055
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0374
South Africa
Median
0.5566
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
322
What the numbers show
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Health is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 0.9055 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0374 in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5566, and the mean is 0.5159.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 57.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 70.7%).
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9055 | 2015 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 2 | Ukraine | 0.8805 | 2013 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8589 | 2016 | — | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 0.8401 | 2015 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 0.777 | 2016 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Mauritius | 0.6778 | 2012 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 0.6487 | 2016 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 8 | Peru | 0.6342 | 2017 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | El Salvador | 0.5966 | 2014 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Honduras | 0.593 | 2016 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 0.5761 | 2016 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 12 | Ecuador | 0.5667 | 2017 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 13 | Palestine, State of | 0.561 | 2017 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 0.5577 | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 0.5566 | 2015 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 0.543 | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 17 | Pakistan | 0.5101 | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 0.5101 | 2017 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.5101 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 0.5005 | 2009 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0.3775 | 2017 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.3699 | 2017 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 23 | Australia | 0.3621 | 2015 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 0.3592 | 2017 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 0.2967 | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.2265 | 2017 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 0.0685 | 2011 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.0578 | 2017 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 0.0374 | 2020 | up 1.1% | volatile |