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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 322 data points, 2000–2021
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