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

Countries reporting
64
Highest
0.8358
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.2166
Colombia
Median
0.4939
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
755

What the numbers show

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 0.8358 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.2166 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4939, and the mean is 0.4992.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 224.8%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 24.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8358 2021 up 8.5% rising
2 Moldova 0.7307 2015 up 17.2% rising
3 Namibia 0.6937 2015 down 14.0% falling
4 Tunisia 0.6862 2015 down 5.8% flat
5 Russia 0.6795 2016 up 2.7% flat
6 Cambodia 0.6411 2012 down 3.1% flat
7 Morocco 0.6172 2009 flat
8 Sri Lanka 0.617 2016 down 0.5% falling
9 Turkey 0.6158 2016 down 5.7% falling
10 Tanzania 0.6046 2020 up 16.1% falling
11 Zambia 0.5918 2015 down 15.2% flat
12 Vietnam 0.5835 2019 down 22.6% falling
13 Palestine 0.5824 2017 down 15.2% falling
14 Spain 0.5792 2018 down 3.1% falling
15 Paraguay 0.5776 2021 down 3.2% falling
16 Mongolia 0.5658 2014 down 22.9% falling
17 Panama 0.5649 2021 up 4.3% flat
18 Georgia 0.5618 2013 down 14.7% falling
19 Malta 0.5611 2018 up 8.8% rising
20 Croatia 0.5606 2018 up 10.7% flat
21 Guatemala 0.542 2017 up 12.1% rising
22 Philippines 0.5283 2019 down 4.6% falling
23 Bolivia 0.5217 2021 down 6.3% falling
24 Belgium 0.5202 2018 down 4.8% falling
25 Iceland 0.5127 2013 down 9.1% flat
26 Peru 0.5104 2021 down 6.1% falling
27 Ireland 0.51 2017 down 13.2% falling
28 Serbia 0.5086 2018 down 3.3% flat
29 Portugal 0.5042 2018 down 8.9% falling
30 Cameroon 0.5012 2022 up 8.2% falling
31 Ecuador 0.4991 2017 up 9.9% rising
32 Latvia 0.496 2018 up 0.4% flat
33 Austria 0.4919 2018 down 1.3% falling
34 Poland 0.4875 2017 down 23.4% falling
35 Dominican Republic 0.4843 2019 up 8.1% rising
36 Pakistan 0.4842 2020 up 36.9% rising
37 Greece 0.483 2018 down 0.2% flat
38 Bulgaria 0.4743 2018 up 15.5% flat
39 Hungary 0.4697 2018 down 12.2% falling
40 Lithuania 0.4687 2018 down 11.5% falling
41 Costa Rica 0.4648 2021 down 13.0% falling
42 Slovakia 0.4641 2017 down 21.8% falling
43 Italy 0.4525 2018 down 5.3% flat
44 Jordan 0.4506 2016 down 12.7% falling
45 Estonia 0.4459 2018 down 22.0% falling
46 Cyprus 0.4445 2018 down 14.2% falling
47 South Africa 0.439 2020 up 39.7% falling
48 Mexico 0.4363 2017 up 29.2% falling
49 Argentina 0.4328 2021 up 20.7% rising
50 Honduras 0.4288 2019 down 5.1% falling
51 United Kingdom 0.4234 2017 down 16.3% falling
52 Czechia 0.4231 2018 up 4.2% falling
53 France 0.4228 2018 down 18.1% falling
54 Australia 0.404 2015 down 24.9% falling
55 El Salvador 0.4008 2021 down 0.9% flat
56 Uruguay 0.3903 2017 down 10.6% falling
57 Finland 0.3795 2018 down 12.9% falling
58 Romania 0.3782 2018 up 29.5% falling
59 Switzerland 0.376 2018 up 26.2% rising
60 Brazil 0.3615 2021 down 16.1% flat
61 Chile 0.3266 2017 up 30.4% falling
62 Luxembourg 0.2998 2018 down 18.3% falling
63 United States 0.2393 2018 down 15.1% falling
64 Colombia 0.2166 2020 up 224.8% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
64 places, 755 data points, 2000–2022
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