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Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.8017
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.2129
Mexico
Median
0.6073
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
259

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.8017 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.2129 in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6073, and the mean is 0.601.

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

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 200.5%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 33.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.8017 2016 down 8.4% falling
2 Ecuador 0.7946 2017 up 34.2% rising
3 Republic of Moldova 0.7933 2015 up 11.2% flat
4 Russian Federation 0.7838 2016 down 12.9% falling
5 Paraguay 0.78 2009 up 8.7% rising
6 Sri Lanka 0.7674 2016 down 1.9% flat
7 Viet Nam 0.7613 2019 down 20.9% falling
8 Pakistan 0.7323 2014 down 16.8% flat
9 Dominican Republic 0.7033 2015 down 7.3% flat
10 Palestine, State of 0.6568 2017 down 4.1% falling
11 Costa Rica 0.6502 2012 down 23.6% falling
12 South Africa 0.6122 2020 down 10.3% flat
13 El Salvador 0.6025 2017 down 21.7% falling
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6021 2017 — rising
15 Chile 0.5975 2017 up 200.5% rising
16 Australia 0.5626 2015 down 23.9% falling
17 Jordan 0.55 2016 down 6.7% rising
18 Honduras 0.4742 2019 down 33.8% rising
19 Brazil 0.4736 2016 down 9.1% flat
20 Philippines 0.4417 2019 up 10.4% falling
21 United States of America 0.4012 2018 down 13.6% falling
22 Uruguay 0.3455 2016 up 4.6% flat
23 Peru 0.3235 2013 down 13.5% falling
24 Mexico 0.2129 2019 down 15.9% falling

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Indicator
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 259 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed