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

Name: Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Elementary workers
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

Highest

0.5842

France

Lowest

0.0094

Colombia

Median

0.1789

Years covered

2000–2021

Data points

741

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Elementary workers is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.5842 in France; the lowest is 0.0094 in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1789, and the mean is 0.2108.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 895.5%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 67.3%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	France	0.5842	2018	up 39.9%	rising
2	Mongolia	0.5284	2014	down 12.1%	falling
3	Moldova	0.5219	2015	up 0.2%	flat
4	Hungary	0.5077	2018	up 36.8%	falling
5	Belgium	0.4536	2018	down 3.7%	falling
6	Georgia	0.4373	2013	down 16.8%	falling
7	Zambia	0.4195	2015	up 136.9%	volatile
8	Switzerland	0.3856	2018	up 90.7%	rising
9	Slovakia	0.3691	2017	down 25.1%	falling
10	Russia	0.3653	2016	down 34.5%	falling
11	Poland	0.3636	2017	down 21.2%	falling
12	Serbia	0.3589	2018	down 31.1%	falling
13	Malta	0.3452	2018	up 1.8%	rising
14	Croatia	0.3388	2018	down 16.8%	falling
15	Ethiopia	0.3281	2021	up 59.6%	rising
16	United Kingdom	0.3232	2017	down 1.9%	falling
17	Lithuania	0.3154	2018	up 13.4%	falling
18	Finland	0.3013	2018	down 8.0%	flat
19	Palestine	0.2834	2017	down 31.4%	falling
20	Iceland	0.271	2012	down 52.2%	falling
21	Greece	0.2607	2018	up 2.5%	flat
22	Austria	0.2601	2018	up 25.1%	rising
23	Latvia	0.2561	2018	down 14.3%	falling
24	Romania	0.2539	2018	up 3.5%	falling
25	Luxembourg	0.2477	2018	up 19.1%	falling
26	Bolivia	0.2438	2021	up 13.4%	falling
27	Panama	0.241	2019	up 178.7%	rising
28	Czechia	0.2143	2018	down 35.2%	falling
29	Estonia	0.2004	2018	down 24.9%	falling
30	Bulgaria	0.1985	2018	up 35.7%	rising
31	Dominican Republic	0.1876	2019	up 14.4%	rising
32	Ireland	0.1789	2017	down 40.8%	falling
33	Portugal	0.1775	2018	down 32.1%	falling
34	South Africa	0.177	2020	up 91.6%	rising
35	Cyprus	0.1749	2018	up 40.3%	rising
36	Tunisia	0.1727	2015	up 30.6%	rising
37	Namibia	0.1453	2015	down 13.9%	falling
38	Spain	0.1436	2018	up 12.2%	falling
39	Argentina	0.1415	2021	up 19.2%	volatile
40	Australia	0.136	2015	down 31.6%	falling
41	Italy	0.1336	2018	down 43.9%	falling
42	Vietnam	0.1314	2019	up 87.3%	flat
43	Peru	0.1249	2021	up 116.5%	rising
44	Tanzania	0.1211	2020	up 51.7%	falling
45	United States	0.1028	2018	down 41.5%	falling
46	Honduras	0.0864	2019	up 34.3%	falling
47	Brazil	0.0805	2021	up 101.2%	volatile
48	Morocco	0.0772	2009	—	falling
49	Chile	0.073	2017	up 122.8%	rising
50	Turkey	0.0655	2016	up 156.8%	rising
51	Uruguay	0.0642	2017	up 12.0%	rising
52	Costa Rica	0.061	2021	up 12.3%	falling
53	Sri Lanka	0.0608	2016	up 34.4%	flat
54	Pakistan	0.054	2020	down 54.9%	rising
55	Philippines	0.0426	2019	up 62.3%	rising
56	Mexico	0.0411	2017	up 895.5%	volatile
57	Ecuador	0.0387	2017	up 146.3%	rising
58	Jordan	0.0278	2016	down 67.3%	falling
59	El Salvador	0.0266	2017	down 14.2%	flat
60	Paraguay	0.0238	2021	down 65.0%	falling
61	Guatemala	0.0122	2017	down 38.4%	volatile
62	Cambodia	0.0116	2012	down 31.6%	falling
63	Colombia	0.0094	2020	up 267.9%	volatile

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Indicator: Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupational group: Elementary workers
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 63 places, 741 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 24 August 2026