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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupationa group: Elementary workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 745 data points, 2000–2021
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