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Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.784
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.1404
Peru
Median
0.5168
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
287

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.784 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.1404 in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5168, and the mean is 0.495.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 152.7%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 57.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.784 2016 up 1.5% flat
2 Mongolia 0.7523 2018 down 12.4% falling
3 Moldova 0.73 2015 up 1.0% flat
4 Vietnam 0.6892 2019 down 22.5% falling
5 Sri Lanka 0.6887 2016 down 0.8% rising
6 Russia 0.6884 2016 down 12.5% falling
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6656 2017 down 23.3% falling
8 Ecuador 0.6371 2017 up 49.7% rising
9 Dominican Republic 0.6161 2015 down 2.0% rising
10 Palestine 0.5751 2017 down 0.1% flat
11 Australia 0.5433 2015 down 18.8% flat
12 Paraguay 0.537 2009 down 6.8% rising
13 Costa Rica 0.5188 2012 down 19.0% falling
14 El Salvador 0.5168 2017 down 12.9% falling
15 Mauritius 0.5147 2012 down 9.9% falling
16 Bolivia 0.5138 2017 — rising
17 Jordan 0.4965 2016 up 2.0% rising
18 South Africa 0.4117 2020 down 27.9% falling
19 Philippines 0.4076 2019 up 9.0% flat
20 Chile 0.3543 2017 up 152.7% falling
21 Pakistan 0.3382 2014 down 23.0% falling
22 Brazil 0.3216 2016 down 12.9% rising
23 Honduras 0.2978 2019 down 35.1% falling
24 United States 0.2631 2018 down 9.1% falling
25 Uruguay 0.2195 2016 down 7.8% flat
26 Mexico 0.1423 2020 down 6.2% falling
27 Peru 0.1404 2016 down 57.2% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 287 data points, 2000–2020
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