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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
0.717
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0115
Uruguay
Median
0.1346
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
269

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Health is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 0.717 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0115 in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1346, and the mean is 0.1921.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 180.5%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 69.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.717 2016 down 16.0% falling
2 Pakistan 0.4934 2020 down 12.6% falling
3 Philippines 0.4368 2019 up 3.8% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 0.3776 2015 down 20.3% falling
5 Russian Federation 0.316 2011 up 27.0% rising
6 Ukraine 0.2951 2013 up 13.8% rising
7 Armenia 0.2615 2021 up 56.9% rising
8 Jordan 0.2203 2016 up 21.4% flat
9 Zambia 0.2033 2015 down 22.8% falling
10 Costa Rica 0.1635 2015 down 24.3% flat
11 Honduras 0.1529 2016 up 22.7% rising
12 Australia 0.1416 2015 up 0.8% rising
13 Dominican Republic 0.1346 2019 down 19.7% falling
14 Guatemala 0.13 2017 down 48.1% falling
15 Ecuador 0.1274 2017 up 21.6% rising
16 Palestine, State of 0.1035 2017 down 69.2% falling
17 El Salvador 0.0854 2014 up 33.7% flat
18 Brazil 0.0842 2017 up 68.1% rising
19 Chile 0.0704 2017 up 67.1% rising
20 Colombia 0.0688 2017 down 39.0% falling
21 Morocco 0.0656 2009 — rising
22 South Africa 0.0574 2020 down 26.2% volatile
23 Peru 0.0517 2015 down 43.1% falling
24 Paraguay 0.0336 2010 down 65.6% falling
25 Uruguay 0.0115 2017 up 180.5% rising

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 269 data points, 2000–2021
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