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
2000β2021
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |