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

Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.7958
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0185
Uruguay
Median
0.2549
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
771

What the numbers show

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.7958 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0185 in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2549, and the mean is 0.2728.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 305.8%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 75.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.7958 2016 down 9.7% flat
2 Philippines 0.5666 2018 up 35.3% rising
3 Vietnam 0.5245 2019 up 24.6% rising
4 Egypt 0.5124 2019 down 7.4% rising
5 Pakistan 0.4977 2020 down 6.6% falling
6 Lithuania 0.4955 2018 up 0.5% falling
7 Luxembourg 0.4873 2018 up 90.7% rising
8 Cambodia 0.4657 2012 down 21.4% falling
9 Georgia 0.4427 2013 up 32.7% rising
10 Moldova 0.4368 2015 up 20.2% rising
11 Armenia 0.4072 2021 up 63.4% rising
12 Latvia 0.386 2018 down 19.5% falling
13 Tanzania 0.374 2020 up 0.6% falling
14 Iceland 0.3737 2013 up 0.9% flat
15 Slovakia 0.3665 2017 up 6.5% flat
16 Austria 0.3572 2018 down 2.7% flat
17 Hungary 0.3517 2018 down 15.2% rising
18 Croatia 0.3336 2018 down 16.3% falling
19 Czechia 0.33 2018 down 10.9% falling
20 Poland 0.3126 2017 down 15.8% rising
21 Jordan 0.3077 2016 up 19.3% rising
22 Ireland 0.3027 2017 up 2.6% flat
23 France 0.2992 2018 up 125.2% rising
24 Estonia 0.2988 2018 down 36.6% falling
25 Russia 0.2897 2016 up 7.4% rising
26 Ukraine 0.2892 2013 up 36.2% rising
27 Honduras 0.2698 2019 up 33.2% rising
28 Romania 0.2685 2018 down 37.4% falling
29 South Africa 0.2632 2020 up 22.5% rising
30 Finland 0.2564 2018 down 52.0% falling
31 Portugal 0.2553 2018 up 0.0% falling
32 Guatemala 0.2549 2019 up 4.9% rising
33 Serbia 0.2527 2018 up 32.2% rising
34 Cameroon 0.2443 2022 up 2.9% falling
35 El Salvador 0.2442 2021 up 36.0% rising
36 Italy 0.2347 2018 up 47.2% rising
37 Zambia 0.2264 2015 down 7.4% rising
38 Bulgaria 0.2211 2018 down 55.4% falling
39 Paraguay 0.2202 2021 up 19.2% rising
40 Turkey 0.2193 2010 down 28.6% falling
41 Costa Rica 0.212 2021 down 11.2% falling
42 Spain 0.2026 2018 down 2.9% flat
43 Belgium 0.1946 2018 up 305.8% volatile
44 United States 0.1937 2018 down 11.9% falling
45 Palestine 0.1882 2017 down 56.7% falling
46 Bolivia 0.1821 2021 up 5.6% falling
47 Switzerland 0.1821 2018 up 32.4% rising
48 Panama 0.1699 2021 up 7.2% falling
49 Ecuador 0.167 2020 up 14.1% rising
50 Cyprus 0.1575 2018 down 26.5% falling
51 Tunisia 0.1556 2015 down 4.6% falling
52 Greece 0.1541 2018 down 59.6% falling
53 Dominican Republic 0.1536 2019 down 30.5% falling
54 United Kingdom 0.1502 2016 up 218.3% rising
55 Australia 0.1288 2015 up 10.9% rising
56 Mexico 0.0972 2019 up 10.0% flat
57 Peru 0.0971 2021 up 0.5% falling
58 Morocco 0.0892 2009 — falling
59 Chile 0.0699 2015 up 42.2% rising
60 Brazil 0.0692 2021 down 8.8% rising
61 Colombia 0.0626 2020 down 11.6% falling
62 Mongolia 0.0558 2021 down 75.6% volatile
63 Uruguay 0.0185 2020 down 13.9% falling

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Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 771 data points, 2000–2022
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