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Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.8494
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0291
Uruguay
Median
0.2227
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
257

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.8494 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0291 in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2227, and the mean is 0.2752.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 51.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 56.1%).

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.8494 2016 down 7.2% flat
2 Philippines 0.585 2019 up 24.1% rising
3 Pakistan 0.5752 2020 down 6.8% falling
4 Moldova 0.5282 2015 up 10.2% flat
5 Armenia 0.4347 2021 up 39.6% rising
6 Ukraine 0.3719 2013 up 40.5% rising
7 Zambia 0.3027 2015 down 17.1% rising
8 Jordan 0.2997 2016 up 51.4% rising
9 Guatemala 0.2955 2017 up 26.1% falling
10 Paraguay 0.2928 2009 down 7.2% rising
11 Costa Rica 0.2379 2015 down 12.7% flat
12 Honduras 0.2299 2016 down 17.6% rising
13 Palestine 0.2154 2017 down 56.1% falling
14 Ecuador 0.2036 2017 up 47.9% rising
15 Dominican Republic 0.1988 2019 down 25.7% falling
16 Russia 0.1877 2011 up 27.4% rising
17 El Salvador 0.151 2014 up 40.3% rising
18 Australia 0.1331 2015 up 15.0% rising
19 Brazil 0.1113 2017 down 10.7% flat
20 Peru 0.1046 2015 down 29.6% falling
21 Colombia 0.1008 2017 up 0.3% falling
22 Chile 0.0979 2017 up 17.1% rising
23 Morocco 0.0695 2009 — falling
24 Uruguay 0.0291 2017 down 45.6% falling

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 257 data points, 2000–2021
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