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

Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.8066
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0215
Peru
Median
0.2623
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
255

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Teachers is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.8066 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0215 in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2623, and the mean is 0.2969.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 255.7%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 55.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.8066 2016 down 11.4% flat
2 Philippines 0.6256 2019 up 32.1% rising
3 Pakistan 0.5768 2014 up 2.1% rising
4 Georgia 0.5427 2013 up 22.9% rising
5 Viet Nam 0.5422 2019 up 10.1% rising
6 Republic of Moldova 0.4568 2015 up 19.3% rising
7 Zambia 0.3153 2015 down 8.2% rising
8 Costa Rica 0.3109 2012 up 14.9% rising
9 Paraguay 0.3104 2009 down 10.6% flat
10 Russian Federation 0.3066 2016 up 19.3% rising
11 Jordan 0.2989 2016 up 49.4% rising
12 Honduras 0.2634 2019 up 66.9% rising
13 South Africa 0.2611 2020 up 44.4% rising
14 Dominican Republic 0.2231 2015 down 13.1% flat
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2148 2017 — rising
16 Palestine, State of 0.2093 2017 down 55.1% falling
17 Ecuador 0.2061 2017 up 75.8% rising
18 El Salvador 0.1714 2017 up 255.7% rising
19 Australia 0.146 2015 up 20.7% rising
20 Mexico 0.1149 2019 down 11.2% falling
21 Brazil 0.0891 2016 up 68.5% rising
22 Chile 0.0734 2017 up 22.4% rising
23 Uruguay 0.0394 2016 up 18.6% rising
24 Peru 0.0215 2016 up 13.8% falling

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 255 data points, 2000–2020
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