Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Clerks by country

Countries reporting
58
Highest
0.7088
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.106
Latvia
Median
0.2273
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
706

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Clerks is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 0.7088 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.106 in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2273, and the mean is 0.2713.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 12,496.1%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 48.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.7088 2021 up 12.1% flat
2 Pakistan 0.5792 2020 up 0.2% falling
3 Republic of Moldova 0.5575 2015 up 1.3% flat
4 Russian Federation 0.5482 2016 up 9.7% rising
5 Zambia 0.5403 2015 up 19.0% rising
6 Viet Nam 0.5029 2019 down 4.0% falling
7 Jordan 0.4807 2016 up 1.6% falling
8 Sri Lanka 0.4435 2016 up 68.3% falling
9 Mongolia 0.4323 2014 down 25.3% falling
10 Ireland 0.3957 2017 up 23.5% rising
11 Panama 0.3838 2021 up 14.3% falling
12 Palestine, State of 0.3653 2017 down 30.0% falling
13 France 0.3583 2018 down 5.3% falling
14 Belgium 0.3082 2018 up 5.0% falling
15 Greece 0.2944 2018 up 4.6% flat
16 Türkiye 0.2869 2016 down 19.0% falling
17 Georgia 0.2819 2013 down 37.5% falling
18 Uruguay 0.28 2017 down 11.0% falling
19 Spain 0.2714 2018 up 26.6% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2659 2021 down 4.6% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2635 2017 down 29.6% falling
22 Slovakia 0.2622 2017 down 31.9% falling
23 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2591 2020 down 26.8% falling
24 Peru 0.258 2021 down 9.3% flat
25 South Africa 0.2558 2020 up 8.5% falling
26 Luxembourg 0.2482 2018 up 47.0% rising
27 Malta 0.2473 2018 up 5.4% falling
28 Portugal 0.2316 2018 up 35.0% rising
29 Dominican Republic 0.2294 2019 up 38.1% rising
30 Paraguay 0.2253 2021 down 29.2% falling
31 Czechia 0.2192 2018 up 12.5% falling
32 Hungary 0.217 2018 up 24.9% falling
33 Poland 0.2155 2017 down 28.1% falling
34 Iceland 0.2125 2013 down 10.0% flat
35 Lithuania 0.212 2018 up 15.1% falling
36 Croatia 0.2037 2018 up 28.3% rising
37 Philippines 0.2032 2019 down 17.1% falling
38 Switzerland 0.2023 2018 up 19.4% rising
39 Namibia 0.2019 2015 down 48.7% falling
40 Brazil 0.2016 2021 down 16.0% falling
41 Romania 0.2002 2018 up 28.6% falling
42 Honduras 0.1904 2019 up 70.0% rising
43 Finland 0.1901 2018 down 28.5% falling
44 Cyprus 0.1861 2018 up 24.6% rising
45 Australia 0.1787 2015 down 24.5% falling
46 Ecuador 0.1745 2017 up 2.6% falling
47 Serbia 0.1727 2018 down 8.4% falling
48 Chile 0.1682 2017 up 11.4% falling
49 Bulgaria 0.1662 2018 up 7.3% rising
50 Italy 0.1624 2018 down 33.9% falling
51 Costa Rica 0.1572 2021 down 12.8% falling
52 United States of America 0.1555 2018 down 11.1% falling
53 Guatemala 0.1554 2017 down 4.7% falling
54 Austria 0.1392 2018 down 32.2% falling
55 El Salvador 0.1318 2021 down 36.6% falling
56 Colombia 0.1296 2020 up 12,496.1% volatile
57 Estonia 0.1186 2018 down 10.6% falling
58 Latvia 0.106 2018 down 28.3% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Clerks
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 706 data points, 2000–2021
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