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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Manager
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 731 data points, 2000–2022
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