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Share of private paid employees with social security by country

Countries reporting
44
Highest
0.9947
Finland
Lowest
0.0147
Honduras
Median
0.8757
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
556

What the numbers show

Share of private paid employees with social security is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 0.9947 in Finland; the lowest is 0.0147 in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8757, and the mean is 0.7409.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 83.8%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 30.2%).

Share of private paid employees with social security: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 0.9947 2020 up 0.7% flat
2 Hungary 0.9945 2020 up 1.0% flat
3 Slovak Republic 0.9911 2020 up 2.3% flat
4 Belgium 0.99 2020 up 1.2% flat
5 Czechia 0.9899 2020 up 0.5% flat
6 Switzerland 0.9894 2020 up 1.3% flat
7 Malta 0.9893 2020 up 4.7% flat
8 Croatia 0.9764 2020 up 0.3% flat
9 Cyprus 0.9723 2020 up 3.9% flat
10 Austria 0.9711 2020 up 1.1% flat
11 Portugal 0.9687 2020 up 1.4% flat
12 Ireland 0.9687 2020 up 8.3% rising
13 Spain 0.9678 2020 down 0.2% flat
14 Luxembourg 0.962 2020 down 2.8% flat
15 Greece 0.9581 2020 up 3.1% flat
16 Bulgaria 0.9541 2019 up 10.6% rising
17 Estonia 0.9512 2020 down 2.0% flat
18 Latvia 0.9376 2020 up 5.3% flat
19 France 0.9329 2018 up 1.5% flat
20 Serbia 0.9306 2020 down 3.3% flat
21 Italy 0.9023 2020 down 7.1% falling
22 United Kingdom 0.8781 2018 down 1.3% flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8734 2015 up 17.8% rising
24 Moldova 0.8566 2015 up 1.0% flat
25 Uruguay 0.8527 2017 up 17.7% rising
26 Chile 0.827 2017 up 5.3% rising
27 Türkiye 0.787 2019 up 17.0% rising
28 Brazil 0.7464 2021 up 3.9% rising
29 Costa Rica 0.7251 2017 up 14.3% rising
30 Argentina 0.5888 2021 down 0.6% rising
31 Colombia 0.5876 2014 up 33.0% rising
32 Albania 0.5671 2012 up 55.0% rising
33 Venezuela 0.5203 2006 down 14.1% falling
34 Ecuador 0.4582 2017 up 83.8% rising
35 South Africa 0.4486 2020 up 17.6% flat
36 El Salvador 0.4279 2021 up 10.8% flat
37 Peru 0.378 2021 up 9.9% rising
38 Bolivia 0.3243 2021 up 22.9% rising
39 Australia 0.3235 2010 up 1.4% falling
40 Paraguay 0.3095 2021 up 25.7% rising
41 Morocco 0.279 2009 — rising
42 Zambia 0.278 2015 down 29.5% falling
43 Guatemala 0.2538 2017 down 24.0% falling
44 Honduras 0.0147 2016 down 30.2% rising

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Indicator
Share of private paid employees with social security
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
44 places, 556 data points, 2000–2021
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