Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Manager by country
Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.6936
Jordan
Lowest
0.0284
Cameroon
Median
0.1922
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
731
What the numbers show
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Manager is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.6936 in Jordan; the lowest is 0.0284 in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1922, and the mean is 0.2348.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 474.1%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 76.8%).
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 0.6936 | 2016 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 0.679 | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 3 | Peru | 0.6274 | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0.5955 | 2012 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 5 | Morocco | 0.5582 | 2009 | — | falling |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 0.4676 | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4328 | 2015 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 8 | Tunisia | 0.4186 | 2015 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 9 | Palestine, State of | 0.4138 | 2017 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 0.3243 | 2016 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 0.3215 | 2013 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 12 | Greece | 0.3206 | 2018 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 0.3037 | 2015 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 14 | El Salvador | 0.2897 | 2021 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 0.2763 | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 0.2753 | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 17 | Hungary | 0.2696 | 2018 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 18 | Türkiye | 0.2689 | 2016 | up 187.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Slovakia | 0.2623 | 2017 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 20 | Romania | 0.2621 | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 0.2589 | 2015 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 22 | Georgia | 0.2515 | 2013 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 23 | Cyprus | 0.2501 | 2017 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 24 | Mongolia | 0.2371 | 2014 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 0.2365 | 2018 | up 43.3% | flat |
| 26 | Mexico | 0.2287 | 2017 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 27 | Finland | 0.2181 | 2018 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 0.2033 | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.2007 | 2015 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 30 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.194 | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 31 | Malta | 0.1931 | 2018 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 0.1922 | 2017 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 33 | Pakistan | 0.1868 | 2020 | up 423.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.1863 | 2021 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.185 | 2017 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.185 | 2019 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 0.1816 | 2018 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 38 | Guatemala | 0.1746 | 2017 | up 388.4% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 0.1662 | 2018 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 40 | France | 0.1526 | 2018 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 41 | Lithuania | 0.152 | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 42 | Uruguay | 0.1516 | 2017 | up 472.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Australia | 0.1492 | 2015 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 44 | South Africa | 0.1445 | 2020 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 0.1401 | 2018 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 0.1396 | 2019 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 0.1379 | 2018 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 48 | Ireland | 0.1343 | 2017 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 0.1331 | 2018 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 0.1319 | 2018 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 0.1288 | 2016 | up 474.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Brazil | 0.1285 | 2021 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 53 | Croatia | 0.1179 | 2018 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 54 | Philippines | 0.1138 | 2019 | up 54.7% | falling |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.1122 | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 56 | Serbia | 0.1108 | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 0.1067 | 2018 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 58 | United States | 0.1043 | 2018 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 59 | Spain | 0.0953 | 2018 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 0.0867 | 2021 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0.0525 | 2017 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 0.0516 | 2017 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Cameroon | 0.0284 | 2022 | down 69.3% | volatile |