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Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals, reported by Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators in the World Bank Open Data catalog.

📅 2021📏 %12 entries
12leaders
  1. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.84%
  2. 🇦🇲 Armenia0.63%
  3. 🇵🇾 Paraguay0.58%
  4. 🇵🇦 Panama0.56%
  5. 🇹🇭 Thailand0.55%
  6. 🇧🇴 Bolivia0.52%
  7. 🇬🇭 Ghana0.52%
  8. 🇵🇪 Peru0.51%
  9. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.46%
  10. 🇦🇷 Argentina0.43%
  11. 🇸🇻 El Salvador0.40%
  12. 🇧🇷 Brazil0.36%
Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.
1
🇪🇹Ethiopia
0.84%
2
🇦🇲Armenia
0.63%
3
🇵🇾Paraguay
0.58%
4
🇵🇦Panama
0.56%
5
🇹🇭Thailand
0.55%
6
🇧🇴Bolivia
0.52%
7
🇬🇭Ghana
0.52%
8
🇵🇪Peru
0.51%
9
🇨🇷Costa Rica
0.46%
10
🇦🇷Argentina
0.43%
11
🇸🇻El Salvador
0.40%
12
🇧🇷Brazil
0.36%

Highlights

As of 2021, Ethiopia ranks first with 0.84%, followed by Armenia (0.63%) and Paraguay (0.58%).

Across 12 countries and territories, values run from 0.84% (Ethiopia) to 0.36% (Brazil), with a median of 0.52%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from the Americas, 2 from Africa and 2 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals, 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Public sector employment, as a share of total employment, by occupational group: Professionals · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026