Australia vs South Africa: Public sector employees
Public sector employees over time
- Australia
- South Africa
How they compare
Australia currently reports 3,649 against 2,776 in South Africa, a difference of 873.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
Across all 21 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 15th of 64 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,498 | 1,954 | 543.68 | Australia |
| 2010s | 3,234 | 2,641 | 592.96 | Australia |
| 2020s | 3,601 | 2,722 | 878.93 | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher public sector employees, Australia or South Africa?
- Australia, at 3,649 against 2,776 in South Africa as of 2021.
- What is the difference in public sector employees between Australia and South Africa?
- 873, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South Africa?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.
- How do Australia and South Africa rank globally for public sector employees?
- Australia ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 15th of 64 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Public sector employees. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Type of job contract refers to permanent versus temporary (i.e. short-term or casual) contracts. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.