Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Clerks by country

Countries reporting
58
Highest
0.7687
Ethiopia
Lowest
0.0054
Colombia
Median
0.2631
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
695

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Clerks is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 0.7687 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0.0054 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2631, and the mean is 0.3036.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 143.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 74.8%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 44.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 0.7687 2021 up 13.0% flat
2 Russian Federation 0.6701 2016 up 20.1% rising
3 Republic of Moldova 0.6117 2015 up 2.4% rising
4 Zambia 0.6031 2015 up 35.7% rising
5 Jordan 0.5593 2016 up 17.8% rising
6 Viet Nam 0.5164 2019 up 12.1% falling
7 Sri Lanka 0.4962 2016 up 74.8% falling
8 Pakistan 0.4829 2020 up 19.7% falling
9 Panama 0.4617 2021 down 37.7% falling
10 Mongolia 0.4609 2014 up 22.1% flat
11 Ireland 0.4268 2017 up 16.9% rising
12 France 0.401 2018 up 1.1% flat
13 Belgium 0.3705 2018 up 8.2% flat
14 Palestine, State of 0.3424 2017 down 21.2% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3304 2020 down 22.7% falling
16 Slovakia 0.3292 2017 down 22.9% falling
17 Poland 0.3203 2017 down 15.2% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3096 2017 down 24.4% falling
19 Portugal 0.3064 2018 up 34.2% rising
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.305 2021 up 0.3% rising
21 Greece 0.3042 2018 up 2.8% flat
22 Honduras 0.3042 2019 up 18.8% rising
23 Georgia 0.3031 2013 down 41.8% falling
24 Uruguay 0.2981 2017 down 6.2% falling
25 Croatia 0.2861 2018 up 50.2% rising
26 Dominican Republic 0.2698 2019 up 24.7% rising
27 Spain 0.2691 2018 up 14.8% flat
28 Iceland 0.2677 2013 down 2.4% rising
29 Peru 0.2658 2021 down 7.8% flat
30 Hungary 0.2604 2018 up 11.5% falling
31 Malta 0.2596 2018 up 6.2% falling
32 South Africa 0.2595 2020 up 16.2% falling
33 Lithuania 0.2563 2018 up 6.5% falling
34 Luxembourg 0.2519 2018 up 19.0% flat
35 Czechia 0.249 2018 up 12.3% falling
36 Paraguay 0.2417 2021 down 16.1% falling
37 Switzerland 0.2373 2018 up 17.3% rising
38 Serbia 0.2259 2018 down 9.8% falling
39 Cyprus 0.2236 2018 up 32.7% rising
40 Costa Rica 0.2234 2021 down 3.4% falling
41 Romania 0.2231 2018 up 44.9% falling
42 Finland 0.2215 2018 down 31.6% falling
43 Ecuador 0.213 2017 down 6.9% falling
44 Namibia 0.2096 2015 down 44.6% falling
45 Türkiye 0.2088 2016 down 16.0% falling
46 Philippines 0.2085 2019 down 18.9% falling
47 Bulgaria 0.202 2018 up 16.6% rising
48 Australia 0.2001 2015 down 21.5% falling
49 Italy 0.1989 2018 down 24.6% falling
50 Brazil 0.1945 2021 down 19.9% falling
51 El Salvador 0.1914 2021 down 15.5% falling
52 Guatemala 0.1906 2017 up 11.4% falling
53 Chile 0.1858 2017 up 9.9% flat
54 Austria 0.1727 2018 down 17.6% falling
55 United States of America 0.1594 2018 down 10.1% falling
56 Estonia 0.1547 2018 down 7.9% falling
57 Latvia 0.1411 2018 down 21.1% falling
58 Colombia 0.0054 2015 up 5.5% volatile

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Indicator
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Clerks
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 695 data points, 2000–2021
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