Employment in general government
Compare employment in general government across 33 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •33 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of employment observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
- •Sweden has the highest published value (28.15 Percentage of employment).
- •Japan has the lowest published value (4.94 Percentage of employment).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 17.3Percentage of employment)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
OECD Public employment and representation - government at a glance indicators, 2025 edition measure 'Employment in government'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of employment; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=S13 (General government); EDITION=2025 (2025); CATEGORY=EMPPS_REP (Public employment and representation); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
OECD Public employment and representation - government at a glance indicators, 2025 edition measure 'Employment in government'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of employment; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=S13 (General government); EDITION=2025 (2025); CATEGORY=EMPPS_REP (Public employment and representation); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 28.2Percentage of employment |
| 2 | Denmark | 27.3Percentage of employment |
| 3 | Finland | 25.2Percentage of employment |
| 4 | Latvia | 23.6Percentage of employment |
| 5 | Estonia | 23.4Percentage of employment |
| 6 | Croatia | 22.8Percentage of employment |
| 7 | Lithuania | 21.2Percentage of employment |
| 8 | France | 20.7Percentage of employment |
| 9 | Canada | 20.2Percentage of employment |
| 10 | Ireland | 20.2Percentage of employment |
| 11 | Slovakia | 19.3Percentage of employment |
| 12 | Hungary | 18.9Percentage of employment |
| 13 | Belgium | 18.3Percentage of employment |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 17.8Percentage of employment |
| 15 | Romania | 17.4Percentage of employment |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 17.1Percentage of employment |
| 17 | Slovenia | 16.8Percentage of employment |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 16.8Percentage of employment |
| 19 | Austria | 16.7Percentage of employment |
| 20 | Poland | 16.7Percentage of employment |
| 21 | Australia | 15.7Percentage of employment |
| 22 | Greece | 15.5Percentage of employment |
| 23 | Spain | 15.3Percentage of employment |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 14.7Percentage of employment |
| 25 | United States of America | 14.6Percentage of employment |
| 26 | Italy | 13.7Percentage of employment |
| 27 | Mexico | 13.6Percentage of employment |
| 28 | Türkiye | 13.0Percentage of employment |
| 29 | Netherlands | 12.3Percentage of employment |
| 30 | Germany | 11.5Percentage of employment |
| 31 | South Korea | 8.6Percentage of employment |
| 32 | Chile | 8.5Percentage of employment |
| 33 | Japan | 4.9Percentage of employment |
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Data Source
This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2023).
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