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Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Rural by country

Countries reporting
65
Highest
0.5875
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0118
Colombia
Median
0.1441
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
801

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Rural is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 0.5875 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0118 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1441, and the mean is 0.1627.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 50.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 277.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 67.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 0.5875 2016 up 6.2% rising
2 Jordan 0.535 2016 down 10.0% flat
3 Ukraine 0.4526 2013 up 22.1% rising
4 Belgium 0.3776 2018 up 4.7% falling
5 Luxembourg 0.3669 2018 up 21.5% falling
6 Iceland 0.3071 2013 down 6.0% falling
7 France 0.281 2018 up 17.2% rising
8 Hungary 0.2805 2018 up 41.6% falling
9 Switzerland 0.2726 2018 up 42.9% rising
10 Ireland 0.2643 2017 up 8.5% rising
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2594 2017 down 4.9% falling
12 Portugal 0.2567 2018 up 27.0% rising
13 Finland 0.2543 2018 down 2.3% flat
14 Latvia 0.2506 2018 up 15.0% flat
15 Republic of Moldova 0.2406 2015 down 5.1% flat
16 Austria 0.2261 2018 up 19.0% flat
17 Lithuania 0.2237 2018 up 9.8% falling
18 Estonia 0.2192 2018 up 6.8% falling
19 South Africa 0.2139 2020 up 30.5% rising
20 Cyprus 0.2051 2018 up 32.3% rising
21 Palestine, State of 0.1987 2017 down 26.0% falling
22 Slovakia 0.197 2017 down 39.5% falling
23 Spain 0.1956 2018 up 14.5% rising
24 Croatia 0.1896 2018 up 9.4% flat
25 Armenia 0.189 2021 up 39.7% rising
26 Namibia 0.1793 2015 down 38.0% falling
27 Czechia 0.1777 2018 up 7.9% falling
28 Italy 0.1756 2018 down 15.9% falling
29 Australia 0.1699 2015 down 29.4% falling
30 United States 0.1559 2018 down 9.2% falling
31 Poland 0.1516 2017 down 29.4% falling
32 Bulgaria 0.1511 2018 down 3.9% flat
33 Serbia 0.1441 2018 up 38.5% rising
34 Dominican Republic 0.1411 2019 up 88.3% rising
35 Viet Nam 0.1236 2019 up 106.9% volatile
36 Greece 0.1233 2018 down 25.0% falling
37 Tunisia 0.1219 2015 up 33.4% falling
38 Sri Lanka 0.1135 2016 up 10.4% falling
39 Chile 0.1119 2020 up 277.3% rising
40 Costa Rica 0.1099 2021 up 22.3% rising
41 Panama 0.1026 2021 up 21.6% rising
42 Georgia 0.1008 2013 up 8.8% flat
43 Philippines 0.0961 2019 up 47.5% rising
44 Türkiye 0.0881 2013 up 13.9% rising
45 Albania 0.0871 2012 up 34.5% rising
46 Romania 0.0849 2018 down 3.6% falling
47 Brazil 0.0732 2021 up 21.6% rising
48 Mexico 0.0706 2019 down 10.0% rising
49 Mongolia 0.066 2021 down 67.1% falling
50 Pakistan 0.0601 2020 up 0.9% falling
51 El Salvador 0.0595 2021 up 41.0% rising
52 Paraguay 0.0586 2021 up 25.3% rising
53 Uruguay 0.0577 2020 up 19.0% rising
54 Cambodia 0.0472 2012 up 41.4% rising
55 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0468 2021 down 0.7% flat
56 Honduras 0.04 2019 up 61.7% rising
57 Cameroon 0.0399 2022 up 33.1% rising
58 Guatemala 0.0366 2019 up 25.1% rising
59 Ecuador 0.0342 2020 down 16.5% rising
60 Zambia 0.0318 2015 up 44.7% rising
61 Peru 0.0291 2021 down 0.1% flat
62 Ethiopia 0.0231 2021 up 106.1% rising
63 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0177 2020 up 29.9% rising
64 Morocco 0.015 2009 — falling
65 Colombia 0.0118 2020 down 11.3% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
65 places, 801 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed