Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.9794
Ukraine
Lowest
0.0891
South Africa
Median
0.6789
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
298

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Education is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.9794 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.0891 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6789, and the mean is 0.6736.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 503.3%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 30.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 0.9794 2013 down 1.3% flat
2 Republic of Moldova 0.9791 2015 down 0.8% flat
3 Armenia 0.9242 2021 down 5.7% flat
4 Russian Federation 0.8602 2011 down 7.4% falling
5 Ethiopia 0.8114 2016 up 3.3% flat
6 Costa Rica 0.7857 2015 down 6.1% flat
7 Zambia 0.7506 2015 down 10.8% flat
8 Morocco 0.7244 2009 flat
9 Brazil 0.7224 2015 down 3.0% flat
10 Dominican Republic 0.7172 2019 up 20.6% rising
11 Paraguay 0.7134 2009 down 2.0% falling
12 Uruguay 0.6846 2017 down 3.3% flat
13 Ecuador 0.6837 2017 up 13.7% rising
14 Sri Lanka 0.6789 2016 down 15.9% falling
15 Philippines 0.6704 2019 down 30.5% falling
16 Australia 0.6684 2015 down 26.9% falling
17 Honduras 0.6478 2016 down 12.3% falling
18 El Salvador 0.6393 2014 up 2.7% flat
19 Argentina 0.6277 2017 down 7.7% falling
20 Guatemala 0.6274 2017 up 15.5% rising
21 Palestine, State of 0.6265 2017 down 15.3% falling
22 Jordan 0.6038 2016 down 17.6% falling
23 Peru 0.5585 2017 down 15.9% falling
24 Pakistan 0.4921 2020 down 4.3% falling
25 Chile 0.461 2017 up 42.2% falling
26 Colombia 0.46 2017 down 14.6% falling
27 South Africa 0.0891 2020 up 503.3% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 298 data points, 2000–2021
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