Share of private paid employees with a contract by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
1
Denmark
Lowest
0.0832
Pakistan
Median
0.9739
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
621
What the numbers show
Share of private paid employees with a contract is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0832 in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9739, and the mean is 0.7871.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 52.5%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 65.3%).
Share of private paid employees with a contract: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 | 2020 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Czechia | 0.9998 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Finland | 0.9989 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.9987 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Romania | 0.9987 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Slovakia | 0.9977 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Lithuania | 0.9959 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Estonia | 0.9958 | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 0.9905 | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 22 | Spain | 0.9864 | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 0.9785 | 2018 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 24 | Latvia | 0.9739 | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 0.9679 | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 0.9655 | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 27 | Greece | 0.9084 | 2020 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 28 | Russia | 0.864 | 2016 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 29 | Moldova | 0.8566 | 2015 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 0.8439 | 2017 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 0.8041 | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 0.7623 | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 0.7351 | 2015 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Ecuador | 0.7175 | 2017 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.6265 | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 0.5861 | 2020 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.5542 | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 0.4165 | 2017 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 0.4067 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 41 | Bolivia | 0.3963 | 2019 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 0.3915 | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 0.3704 | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 0.2626 | 2017 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 45 | Paraguay | 0.2219 | 2017 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.1948 | 2009 | — | rising |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1418 | 2014 | — | flat |
| 48 | Pakistan | 0.0832 | 2020 | down 65.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 0.7901