Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay

Uruguay: Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by was 0.2556 in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.2556
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
24th
of 27 countries
All-time high
0.3095
in 2002
All-time low
0.2556
in 2017
Years of data
16
2000–2017

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay, 2000–2017

00.10.20.32000200820172000: 0.2882001: 0.2962002: 0.312003: 0.32004: 0.3092005: 0.292006: 0.2592007: 0.2922008: 0.2752009: 0.2792010: 0.2812011: 0.282012: 0.2812014: 0.2772015: 0.2622017: 0.256

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2017, public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay stood at 0.2556. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay peaked at 0.3095 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.2556, in 2017.

That places Uruguay 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Health in Uruguay, 2000 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2000 0.2877
2001 0.2959 +2.8%
2002 0.3095 +4.6%
2003 0.3003 -3.0%
2004 0.309 +2.9%
2005 0.2899 -6.2%
2006 0.2586 -10.8%
2007 0.2921 +12.9%
2008 0.2749 -5.9%
2009 0.2786 +1.4%
2010 0.2811 +0.9%
2011 0.2798 -0.5%
2012 0.281 +0.4%
2014 0.2767 -1.5%
2015 0.2622 -5.2%
2017 0.2556 -2.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2897 0.2586 0.3095 10
2010s 0.2728 0.2556 0.2811 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 21 Brazil 0.4043 compare
  2. 22 Australia 0.3678 compare
  3. 23 Philippines 0.3132 compare
  4. 25 Russian Federation 0.1097 compare
  5. 26 Colombia 0.0777 compare
  6. 27 South Africa 0.0493 compare

See the full ranking of 27 places →

More reference data data for Uruguay

All data for Uruguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay?
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay was 0.2556 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3095 in 2002.
What is the lowest public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2556 in 2017.
How does Uruguay rank for public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by?
Uruguay ranks 24th out of 27 countries with data for 2017.
Is public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay. Statizoid. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-female-employment-as-a-share-of-paid-employment-by-industry-health/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-female-employment-as-a-share-of-paid-employment-by-industry-health/uruguay/">Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by in Uruguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed