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

Countries reporting
28
Highest
0.9935
Mexico
Lowest
0.4659
Chile
Median
0.7384
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
300

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 0.9935 in Mexico; the lowest is 0.4659 in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7384, and the mean is 0.755.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 79.5%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 20.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 0.9935 2019 up 29.7% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 0.9652 2015 up 1.9% flat
3 Russian Federation 0.9395 2016 up 0.1% flat
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9021 2017 down 8.3% falling
5 Ethiopia 0.8709 2016 up 2.8% flat
6 Mongolia 0.8577 2018 down 6.4% flat
7 Viet Nam 0.8509 2019 down 12.6% falling
8 Georgia 0.846 2013 down 6.9% falling
9 South Africa 0.8344 2020 up 42.5% rising
10 Paraguay 0.8127 2009 down 1.4% flat
11 Zambia 0.8113 2015 down 5.9% flat
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7883 2017 rising
13 Costa Rica 0.7735 2012 down 4.0% falling
14 Philippines 0.7593 2019 up 0.4% flat
15 Palestine, State of 0.7175 2017 down 16.9% falling
16 Dominican Republic 0.7134 2015 up 2.3% rising
17 El Salvador 0.7063 2017 up 4.9% rising
18 Peru 0.6962 2015 down 8.7% falling
19 Sri Lanka 0.6956 2016 down 5.6% falling
20 Honduras 0.6846 2019 down 1.0% flat
21 Australia 0.6802 2015 down 20.8% falling
22 Ecuador 0.6763 2017 up 0.8% flat
23 Jordan 0.6761 2016 down 16.8% falling
24 Uruguay 0.6748 2016 down 0.2% rising
25 Brazil 0.6636 2016 down 9.3% flat
26 Pakistan 0.6029 2014 down 15.4% falling
27 Mauritius 0.4824 2012 up 60.8% rising
28 Chile 0.4659 2017 up 79.5% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 300 data points, 2000–2020
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