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

Countries reporting
61
Highest
0.8235
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.039
Colombia
Median
0.3031
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
719

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Technicians is currently reported for 61 countries. The highest value is 0.8235 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.039 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3031, and the mean is 0.3327.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 87.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 67.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8235 2021 up 11.7% flat
2 Russia 0.629 2016 up 21.1% rising
3 Moldova 0.6271 2015 up 4.4% falling
4 Tanzania 0.5877 2012 down 13.3% falling
5 Luxembourg 0.5145 2018 up 21.5% rising
6 Mongolia 0.51 2014 down 25.7% falling
7 Vietnam 0.4646 2019 down 27.0% falling
8 Hungary 0.4514 2018 up 22.3% falling
9 Jordan 0.4409 2016 down 3.6% falling
10 Zambia 0.4379 2015 down 17.0% falling
11 Palestine 0.4297 2017 down 37.3% falling
12 Namibia 0.4118 2015 down 28.9% falling
13 Belgium 0.4025 2018 down 28.4% falling
14 Serbia 0.4002 2018 up 5.5% rising
15 Ecuador 0.3947 2017 up 87.5% rising
16 South Africa 0.3893 2020 down 14.5% falling
17 Finland 0.3874 2018 up 14.7% rising
18 Georgia 0.3803 2013 down 26.2% falling
19 Morocco 0.3798 2009 falling
20 Spain 0.378 2018 up 43.6% rising
21 Dominican Republic 0.3766 2019 up 53.1% rising
22 Greece 0.3685 2018 down 6.3% flat
23 Panama 0.3536 2021 up 13.0% rising
24 France 0.3522 2018 down 5.4% falling
25 United Kingdom 0.3386 2017 down 29.1% falling
26 Sri Lanka 0.3366 2016 down 1.2% falling
27 Poland 0.32 2017 down 21.5% falling
28 Pakistan 0.3197 2020 down 31.8% falling
29 Switzerland 0.3179 2018 down 3.3% flat
30 Slovakia 0.3132 2017 down 36.4% falling
31 Honduras 0.3031 2019 down 28.0% falling
32 Ireland 0.2909 2017 up 1.2% flat
33 Italy 0.2899 2018 down 20.1% falling
34 Latvia 0.2876 2018 down 5.1% falling
35 Argentina 0.2865 2021 down 18.6% falling
36 Philippines 0.2827 2019 up 10.4% flat
37 Estonia 0.2825 2018 down 2.0% falling
38 Romania 0.2824 2018 down 20.7% falling
39 Iceland 0.2812 2013 down 25.2% falling
40 Malta 0.2795 2018 down 31.8% falling
41 Brazil 0.2757 2021 down 8.8% falling
42 Austria 0.2734 2018 up 9.1% falling
43 Guatemala 0.2663 2017 up 84.1% rising
44 Lithuania 0.2625 2018 down 29.6% falling
45 Portugal 0.2563 2018 down 24.6% falling
46 Paraguay 0.2553 2021 up 38.2% falling
47 El Salvador 0.2508 2021 down 28.2% falling
48 Chile 0.2482 2017 up 62.9% rising
49 Cyprus 0.2443 2018 up 23.6% flat
50 Australia 0.241 2015 down 31.5% falling
51 Uruguay 0.2373 2017 up 26.3% rising
52 Czechia 0.2321 2018 down 28.2% falling
53 Croatia 0.2304 2018 down 24.6% falling
54 Turkey 0.2303 2016 down 34.0% falling
55 Bulgaria 0.2282 2018 down 40.5% falling
56 Bolivia 0.205 2021 down 1.6% falling
57 Costa Rica 0.1636 2021 down 8.2% flat
58 Peru 0.1524 2021 up 16.1% falling
59 United States 0.1494 2018 down 10.0% falling
60 Mexico 0.149 2017 down 67.8% falling
61 Colombia 0.039 2020 down 53.1% falling

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Technicians
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
61 places, 719 data points, 2000–2021
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