Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupationa group: Elementary workers by country
Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.4845
France
Lowest
0.0056
Cambodia
Median
0.115
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
745
What the numbers show
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupationa group: Elementary workers is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.4845 in France; the lowest is 0.0056 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.115, and the mean is 0.1384.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 87.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 137.2%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 81.6%).
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 0.4845 | 2018 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 2 | Hungary | 0.4051 | 2018 | up 47.8% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 0.3777 | 2014 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.377 | 2018 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 0.3167 | 2018 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 6 | Moldova | 0.3103 | 2015 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 0.2941 | 2016 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 8 | Jordan | 0.2459 | 2014 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 9 | Georgia | 0.2448 | 2013 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 10 | Poland | 0.2407 | 2017 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0.2374 | 2018 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 12 | Slovakia | 0.232 | 2017 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 13 | Serbia | 0.2319 | 2018 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0.2274 | 2018 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 15 | Austria | 0.2047 | 2018 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 0.1904 | 2018 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 0.1836 | 2018 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 18 | Greece | 0.1738 | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 19 | Croatia | 0.1732 | 2018 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 20 | Cyprus | 0.1675 | 2018 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 0.167 | 2018 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 0.1661 | 2017 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 23 | Latvia | 0.166 | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 0.1622 | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 25 | Czechia | 0.1569 | 2018 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 26 | Iceland | 0.1518 | 2012 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 27 | Ireland | 0.1503 | 2017 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 28 | Tunisia | 0.1459 | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 0.1409 | 2020 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 0.1186 | 2015 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 31 | Australia | 0.1159 | 2015 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 32 | Palestine | 0.115 | 2017 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.1147 | 2019 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 34 | Zambia | 0.1129 | 2015 | up 70.1% | falling |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 0.1059 | 2018 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 36 | Bolivia | 0.1008 | 2021 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 0.098 | 2018 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 38 | Romania | 0.0886 | 2018 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 39 | Italy | 0.0879 | 2018 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 40 | Panama | 0.0805 | 2021 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 41 | Pakistan | 0.0769 | 2020 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 42 | United States | 0.0635 | 2018 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 43 | Chile | 0.0618 | 2017 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0.0614 | 2016 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 45 | Turkey | 0.0567 | 2016 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 0.0546 | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 47 | Brazil | 0.0532 | 2021 | up 137.2% | rising |
| 48 | Morocco | 0.0439 | 2009 | — | falling |
| 49 | El Salvador | 0.0405 | 2021 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0.0395 | 2021 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 51 | Mexico | 0.0355 | 2017 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 0.0352 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 0.0299 | 2021 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Tanzania | 0.0287 | 2020 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Paraguay | 0.0275 | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0.0269 | 2017 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 57 | Philippines | 0.0264 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.0247 | 2018 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 59 | Vietnam | 0.0234 | 2019 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Honduras | 0.0221 | 2019 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Guatemala | 0.0077 | 2017 | down 48.5% | flat |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.0064 | 2020 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Cambodia | 0.0056 | 2012 | down 68.4% | volatile |