Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines

Philippines: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by was 0.0264 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0264
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
57th
of 63 countries
All-time high
0.0278
in 2017
All-time low
0.0187
in 2013
Years of data
18
2001–2019

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines, 2001–2019

00.010.020.032001201020192001: 0.0262002: 0.0212003: 0.0222004: 0.0192005: 0.0192007: 0.0242008: 0.0232009: 0.0242010: 0.0252011: 0.0232012: 0.022013: 0.0192014: 0.022015: 0.0222016: 0.0222017: 0.0282018: 0.0272019: 0.026

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Philippines recorded 0.0264 for public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in 2019.

The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines peaked at 0.0278 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0187, in 2013.

Philippines ranks 57th of 63 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupationa group: Elementary workers in Philippines, 2001 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2001 0.0261
2002 0.0208 -20.4%
2003 0.0218 +5.1%
2004 0.0189 -13.5%
2005 0.0188 -0.4%
2007 0.0241 +28.0%
2008 0.023 -4.5%
2009 0.0241 +4.8%
2010 0.0251 +4.2%
2011 0.0227 -9.5%
2012 0.0202 -11.2%
2013 0.0187 -7.3%
2014 0.0203 +8.7%
2015 0.022 +8.4%
2016 0.0223 +1.3%
2017 0.0278 +24.3%
2018 0.0268 -3.5%
2019 0.0264 -1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0222 0.0188 0.0261 8
2010s 0.0232 0.0187 0.0278 10

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 54 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0287 compare
  2. 55 Paraguay 0.0275 compare
  3. 56 Ecuador 0.0269 compare
  4. 58 Argentina 0.0247 compare
  5. 59 Viet Nam 0.0234 compare
  6. 60 Honduras 0.0221 compare

See the full ranking of 63 places →

More reference data data for Philippines

All data for Philippines →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines?
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines was 0.0264 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 0.0278 in 2017.
What is the lowest public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0187 in 2013.
How does Philippines rank for public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by?
Philippines ranks 57th out of 63 countries with data for 2019.
Is public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Philippines data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupationa group: Elementary workers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 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 in Philippines. Statizoid. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-by-occupationa-group-elementary/philippines/

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-occupationa-group-elementary/philippines/">Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by in Philippines</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed