Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland

Poland: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location was 0.2252 in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.2252
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
26th
of 69 countries
All-time high
0.3925
in 2001
All-time low
0.2093
in 2010
Years of data
17
2001–2017

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland, 2001–2017

00.10.20.30.42001200920172001: 0.3922002: 0.3882003: 0.3652004: 0.3552005: 0.32006: 0.2922007: 0.2912008: 0.2112009: 0.2112010: 0.2092011: 0.212012: 0.222013: 0.2322014: 0.2272015: 0.2352016: 0.2322017: 0.225

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Poland recorded 0.2252 for public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in 2017.

The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland peaked at 0.3925 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.2093, in 2010.

That places Poland 26th out of 69 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland, year by year

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Urban in Poland, 2001 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2001 0.3925
2002 0.3878 -1.2%
2003 0.3648 -5.9%
2004 0.3546 -2.8%
2005 0.2996 -15.5%
2006 0.2923 -2.4%
2007 0.2911 -0.4%
2008 0.2107 -27.6%
2009 0.2111 +0.2%
2010 0.2093 -0.8%
2011 0.2102 +0.4%
2012 0.2196 +4.5%
2013 0.2322 +5.8%
2014 0.2267 -2.4%
2015 0.2353 +3.8%
2016 0.2315 -1.6%
2017 0.2252 -2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3116 0.2107 0.3925 9
2010s 0.2237 0.2093 0.2353 8

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 23 Portugal 0.2404 compare
  2. 24 Palestine, State of 0.2287 compare
  3. 25 Viet Nam 0.2284 compare
  4. 27 Lithuania 0.2224 compare
  5. 28 Slovakia 0.2219 compare
  6. 29 Croatia 0.2158 compare

See the full ranking of 69 places →

More reference data data for Poland

All data for Poland →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland?
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland was 0.2252 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 0.3925 in 2001.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2093 in 2010.
How does Poland rank for public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location?
Poland ranks 26th out of 69 countries with data for 2017.
Is public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Poland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland. Statizoid. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-by-location-urban/poland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-by-location-urban/poland/">Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location in Poland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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