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

Countries reporting
69
Highest
0.4098
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0502
Colombia
Median
0.2114
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
855

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Urban is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 0.4098 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0502 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2114, and the mean is 0.2043.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 130.6%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 37.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 0.4098 2016 down 2.7% falling
2 Republic of Moldova 0.379 2015 up 10.3% rising
3 Ukraine 0.365 2013 down 26.0% falling
4 Belgium 0.3433 2018 up 0.4% falling
5 France 0.332 2018 up 6.0% flat
6 Mongolia 0.3317 2021 down 13.5% falling
7 Iceland 0.2945 2013 down 3.0% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2944 2017 down 10.3% falling
9 Malta 0.2933 2018 up 15.7% rising
10 Albania 0.2896 2012 down 8.7% falling
11 Finland 0.2739 2018 up 5.0% rising
12 Tunisia 0.2718 2015 up 2.9% falling
13 Luxembourg 0.2715 2018 up 6.0% falling
14 Ireland 0.2683 2017 down 13.5% falling
15 Switzerland 0.2628 2018 up 23.6% rising
16 Greece 0.2609 2018 up 8.9% flat
17 Egypt 0.2552 2019 down 23.8% flat
18 Hungary 0.2522 2018 up 12.5% falling
19 Austria 0.2509 2018 up 12.1% rising
20 Armenia 0.2489 2021 down 29.0% falling
21 Ethiopia 0.242 2021 up 2.5% rising
22 Spain 0.2404 2018 up 15.4% rising
23 Portugal 0.2404 2018 up 28.0% rising
24 Palestine, State of 0.2287 2017 down 17.3% falling
25 Viet Nam 0.2284 2019 up 12.6% falling
26 Poland 0.2252 2017 down 22.7% falling
27 Lithuania 0.2224 2018 down 3.2% falling
28 Slovakia 0.2219 2017 down 37.0% falling
29 Croatia 0.2158 2018 up 12.6% rising
30 Latvia 0.2141 2018 up 8.6% flat
31 Estonia 0.2132 2018 up 5.6% falling
32 Namibia 0.2127 2015 down 21.3% falling
33 Cyprus 0.2126 2018 up 0.6% falling
34 Panama 0.2124 2021 up 10.1% falling
35 Georgia 0.2114 2013 down 33.4% falling
36 Serbia 0.2095 2018 down 37.7% falling
37 Australia 0.2054 2015 down 23.5% falling
38 Czechia 0.2044 2018 up 7.2% falling
39 Italy 0.1892 2018 down 11.0% falling
40 Argentina 0.1888 2021 up 13.2% flat
41 South Africa 0.1885 2020 up 13.3% falling
42 Jordan 0.1852 2016 down 35.8% falling
43 Zambia 0.1816 2015 up 17.0% falling
44 Bulgaria 0.1782 2018 up 14.2% falling
45 Uruguay 0.1763 2020 up 17.9% falling
46 Romania 0.1721 2018 up 7.4% falling
47 Dominican Republic 0.1708 2019 up 40.9% rising
48 Cambodia 0.166 2012 up 28.4% rising
49 Morocco 0.1601 2009 flat
50 Türkiye 0.1595 2013 down 14.2% falling
51 Chile 0.1573 2020 up 130.6% rising
52 Sri Lanka 0.1462 2016 up 42.7% falling
53 Mexico 0.1438 2019 down 17.8% flat
54 Costa Rica 0.1365 2021 down 11.0% falling
55 Brazil 0.1321 2021 down 1.0% flat
56 United States of America 0.1236 2018 down 12.3% falling
57 Pakistan 0.1219 2020 up 6.0% falling
58 Paraguay 0.1174 2021 down 13.2% flat
59 Niger 0.1144 2014 down 6.2% falling
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.111 2021 down 15.0% rising
61 Cameroon 0.1093 2022 up 18.6% falling
62 El Salvador 0.0981 2021 down 1.8% falling
63 Peru 0.0918 2021 down 14.4% flat
64 Guatemala 0.0902 2019 up 17.3% rising
65 Ecuador 0.0897 2020 down 26.0% flat
66 Honduras 0.0865 2019 down 18.8% falling
67 Philippines 0.0852 2019 down 13.5% falling
68 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0684 2020 down 16.7% falling
69 Colombia 0.0502 2020 down 0.6% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
69 places, 855 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed