Share of public paid employees with a contract by country

Countries reporting
42
Highest
1
Cyprus
Lowest
0.0942
Panama
Median
0.9981
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
554

What the numbers show

Share of public paid employees with a contract is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1 in Cyprus; the lowest is 0.0942 in Panama.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9981, and the mean is 0.9424.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 77.5%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 34.7%).

Share of public paid employees with a contract: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 France 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Finland 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 2020 up 0.1% flat
1 Malta 1 2020 up 9.9% flat
1 Ecuador 1 2017 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 1 2020 β€” flat
1 Czechia 1 2020 up 0.0% flat
1 Serbia 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1 2020 up 0.5% flat
1 Slovenia 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 2020 up 3.0% flat
1 Iceland 1 2013 unchanged flat
1 Austria 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 2020 unchanged flat
18 Armenia 0.9993 2021 down 0.0% flat
19 Belgium 0.999 2020 up 0.1% flat
20 Spain 0.9988 2020 up 0.2% flat
21 Romania 0.9987 2020 up 0.0% rising
22 Bulgaria 0.9976 2019 down 0.1% flat
23 Moldova 0.9969 2015 up 0.1% flat
24 Luxembourg 0.9967 2020 up 0.4% flat
25 Slovak Republic 0.9952 2020 down 0.3% flat
26 Portugal 0.9936 2020 up 0.4% flat
27 South Africa 0.9926 2020 up 0.4% rising
28 Russia 0.9917 2016 up 0.9% flat
29 Lithuania 0.9886 2020 down 0.7% flat
30 United Kingdom 0.9878 2018 down 1.2% flat
31 Bolivia 0.9874 2019 up 15.2% rising
32 Greece 0.9862 2020 down 0.4% flat
33 Latvia 0.9709 2020 down 2.9% flat
34 El Salvador 0.9574 2017 up 1.7% flat
35 Chile 0.9323 2017 up 0.3% flat
36 Guatemala 0.9234 2017 down 7.3% rising
37 Morocco 0.9207 2009 β€” flat
38 Australia 0.9052 2015 up 3.1% flat
39 Mexico 0.903 2020 up 2.6% flat
40 Dominican Republic 0.8279 2013 up 77.5% rising
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2349 2014 β€” falling
42 Panama 0.0942 2018 down 34.7% falling

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Indicator
Share of public paid employees with a contract
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
42 places, 554 data points, 2000–2021
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