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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
0.7872
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0143
Uruguay
Median
0.1971
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
267

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 0.7872 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0143 in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1971, and the mean is 0.2342.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 163.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 56.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.7872 2016 down 9.0% flat
2 Philippines 0.5987 2019 up 48.1% rising
3 Pakistan 0.451 2020 down 7.2% falling
4 Armenia 0.4465 2021 up 61.4% rising
5 Moldova 0.4209 2015 up 33.7% rising
6 Jordan 0.3269 2016 up 2.9% falling
7 Guatemala 0.2689 2017 up 10.0% falling
8 Ukraine 0.2545 2013 up 53.3% rising
9 Russia 0.2472 2011 up 15.6% flat
10 Honduras 0.2413 2016 up 44.5% rising
11 El Salvador 0.2407 2014 up 19.0% rising
12 Ecuador 0.2005 2017 up 72.0% rising
13 Palestine 0.1971 2017 down 56.4% falling
14 Costa Rica 0.1673 2015 down 28.2% falling
15 South Africa 0.1572 2017 up 163.6% volatile
16 Dominican Republic 0.1287 2019 down 35.4% falling
17 Australia 0.1157 2015 up 5.7% rising
18 Peru 0.1087 2015 down 16.8% flat
19 Paraguay 0.1083 2009 up 16.8% flat
20 Zambia 0.1032 2015 up 18.1% flat
21 Morocco 0.1014 2009 — falling
22 Chile 0.0708 2017 up 120.0% rising
23 Brazil 0.0523 2017 down 12.0% rising
24 Colombia 0.0446 2017 down 20.8% falling
25 Uruguay 0.0143 2017 down 31.7% falling

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 267 data points, 2000–2021
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