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

Countries reporting
27
Highest
0.9543
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0493
South Africa
Median
0.603
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
304

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Health is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 0.9543 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0493 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.603, and the mean is 0.5463.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 58.1%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 72.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 0.9543 2015 up 6.9% rising
2 Ukraine 0.9059 2013 down 6.0% flat
3 Zambia 0.8649 2015 down 1.5% falling
4 Ethiopia 0.7915 2016 down 6.1% flat
5 Pakistan 0.7395 2020 up 3.4% flat
6 Peru 0.7363 2017 up 0.6% falling
7 Ecuador 0.6689 2017 up 58.1% rising
8 Honduras 0.6662 2016 up 1.6% rising
9 Sri Lanka 0.6609 2016 down 14.6% falling
10 El Salvador 0.6429 2014 down 8.2% flat
11 Paraguay 0.6377 2009 up 25.7% rising
12 Armenia 0.6051 2021 down 26.3% falling
13 Jordan 0.6047 2016 down 10.5% flat
14 Dominican Republic 0.603 2019 down 8.1% falling
15 Costa Rica 0.5858 2015 down 21.8% falling
16 Chile 0.5542 2017 up 48.3% rising
17 Morocco 0.5493 2009 flat
18 Palestine, State of 0.4905 2017 down 26.2% falling
19 Guatemala 0.4682 2017 up 1.3% flat
20 Argentina 0.444 2017 down 1.7% falling
21 Brazil 0.4043 2017 down 7.6% rising
22 Australia 0.3678 2015 down 38.7% falling
23 Philippines 0.3132 2019 down 24.2% falling
24 Uruguay 0.2556 2017 down 12.5% falling
25 Russian Federation 0.1097 2011 down 52.2% falling
26 Colombia 0.0777 2017 down 72.9% volatile
27 South Africa 0.0493 2020 down 37.3% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 304 data points, 2000–2021
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