Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by occupation — Workers in public administration, defence and social security by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
177
Highest
43,354 Persons
China
Lowest
1.12 Persons
Guinea-Bissau
Median
145.46 Persons
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,301
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by occupation — Workers in public administration, defence and social security is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 43,354 Persons in China; the lowest is 1.12 Persons in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 145.46 Persons, and the mean is 1,046 Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38,848.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 652.2%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 53.7%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 43,354 Persons | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 37,610 Persons | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 3 | India | 8,412 Persons | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 4 | United States | 6,019 Persons | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 5,189 Persons | 2022 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 5,089 Persons | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 4,943 Persons | 2022 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 4,926 Persons | 2022 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 3,208 Persons | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 2,949 Persons | 2022 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 11 | France | 2,408 Persons | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 12 | Mexico | 2,282 Persons | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 2,276 Persons | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 2,205 Persons | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 2,204 Persons | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 1,899 Persons | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 1,822 Persons | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 583.73 Persons | 2022 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 1,735 Persons | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 1,629 Persons | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 19 | Croatia | 109.85 Persons | 2022 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 20 | Iran | 1,600 Persons | 2022 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 20 | Madagascar | 109.67 Persons | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 1,574 Persons | 2022 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 21 | Moldova | 58.15 Persons | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 1,511 Persons | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 22 | Lesotho | 39.57 Persons | 2022 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 1,428 Persons | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 23 | Mauritania | 33.32 Persons | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 1,309 Persons | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 22.36 Persons | 2022 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 1,154 Persons | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.78 Persons | 2022 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 1,128 Persons | 2022 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 26 | Eswatini | 19.02 Persons | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 1,056 Persons | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 27 | Fiji | 16.91 Persons | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 28 | Australia | 974.18 Persons | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela | 945.6 Persons | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 30 | Malaysia | 847.05 Persons | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 31 | Türkiye | 2,168 Persons | 2022 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 781.49 Persons | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 32 | Yemen | 770.51 Persons | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 746.42 Persons | 2022 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 729.18 Persons | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 35 | Sudan | 672.79 Persons | 2022 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 638.17 Persons | 2022 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 1,301 Persons | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 37 | Angola | 634.57 Persons | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 1,270 Persons | 2022 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 581.65 Persons | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 581.02 Persons | 2022 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 40 | Syrian Arab Republic | 869 Persons | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 528.72 Persons | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 41 | Netherlands | 655.76 Persons | 2022 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 41 | Chile | 495.53 Persons | 2022 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 42 | Cuba | 464.58 Persons | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 404.38 Persons | 2022 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 449.34 Persons | 2022 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 44 | Israel | 442.08 Persons | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 88.25 Persons | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 437 Persons | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 70.59 Persons | 2022 | up 523.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Belgium | 435.12 Persons | 2022 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 46 | Slovenia | 63.11 Persons | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 433.52 Persons | 2022 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 62.58 Persons | 2022 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 48 | Sweden | 429.93 Persons | 2022 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 48 | Estonia | 42.7 Persons | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | North Korea | 415.08 Persons | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 50 | Kuwait | 406.68 Persons | 2022 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 383.25 Persons | 2022 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 382.04 Persons | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 366.49 Persons | 2022 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 54 | Jordan | 365.8 Persons | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 342.11 Persons | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 335.74 Persons | 2022 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 57 | Tunisia | 333.21 Persons | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 302.71 Persons | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 59 | Austria | 297.83 Persons | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 60 | Cambodia | 296.25 Persons | 2022 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 279.75 Persons | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 279.05 Persons | 2022 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 272.52 Persons | 2022 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 64 | Singapore | 266.1 Persons | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 65 | Ecuador | 259.54 Persons | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 66 | Switzerland | 246.49 Persons | 2022 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 67 | Mozambique | 239.84 Persons | 2022 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 68 | Uganda | 222.91 Persons | 2022 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 69 | Ghana | 219.66 Persons | 2022 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 214.87 Persons | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 214.11 Persons | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 72 | Paraguay | 212.86 Persons | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 73 | Cameroon | 211.69 Persons | 2022 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 188.04 Persons | 2022 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 178.31 Persons | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 76 | Serbia | 173.92 Persons | 2022 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 77 | Myanmar | 162.92 Persons | 2022 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 161.05 Persons | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 79 | Denmark | 160.93 Persons | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 80 | Tanzania | 154.56 Persons | 2022 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 81 | New Zealand | 154.21 Persons | 2022 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 82 | Botswana | 145.46 Persons | 2022 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 83 | South Sudan | 142.93 Persons | 2022 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 84 | Ireland | 130.75 Persons | 2022 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 85 | Finland | 124.18 Persons | 2022 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 86 | Bolivia | 122.92 Persons | 2022 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 87 | Panama | 122.61 Persons | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 116.68 Persons | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 89 | Uruguay | 113.92 Persons | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 90 | Laos | 112.89 Persons | 2022 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 91 | Qatar | 111.61 Persons | 2022 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 110.24 Persons | 2022 | up 65.1% | flat |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 110.01 Persons | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 94 | Bahrain | 106.96 Persons | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 103.13 Persons | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 96 | Haiti | 102.13 Persons | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 101.67 Persons | 2022 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 98 | Mongolia | 99.45 Persons | 2022 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 98.84 Persons | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 100 | Chad | 95.69 Persons | 2022 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 101 | Malawi | 95.64 Persons | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 102 | Georgia | 92.6 Persons | 2022 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 89.39 Persons | 2022 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 104 | Burkina Faso | 88.73 Persons | 2022 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 86.24 Persons | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 106 | Niger | 84.24 Persons | 2022 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 107 | Côte d’Ivoire | 80.64 Persons | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 108 | Jamaica | 77.16 Persons | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 76.18 Persons | 2022 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Mali | 72.98 Persons | 2022 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 111 | Albania | 71.64 Persons | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.22 Persons | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 113 | Zambia | 70.3 Persons | 2022 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 114 | Benin | 67.44 Persons | 2022 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.09 Persons | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 58.56 Persons | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 117 | Cyprus | 56.4 Persons | 2022 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 55.96 Persons | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 53.35 Persons | 2022 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 51.85 Persons | 2022 | up 652.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Congo | 43.65 Persons | 2022 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 122 | Nepal | 43.13 Persons | 2022 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 123 | Bhutan | 42.87 Persons | 2022 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 40.1 Persons | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 125 | Maldives | 38.87 Persons | 2022 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 126 | Somalia | 38.85 Persons | 2022 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 38.11 Persons | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 33.95 Persons | 2022 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 129 | Namibia | 32.2 Persons | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 130 | Senegal | 31.62 Persons | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 29.56 Persons | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 132 | Gabon | 25.61 Persons | 2022 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 133 | Togo | 25.32 Persons | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 25.11 Persons | 2022 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 135 | Eritrea | 22.99 Persons | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 136 | Guyana | 22.86 Persons | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 137 | Liberia | 22.43 Persons | 2022 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 138 | Montenegro | 22 Persons | 2022 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 139 | Djibouti | 21.76 Persons | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 140 | Central African Republic | 21.69 Persons | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 141 | Bahamas | 19.39 Persons | 2022 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 142 | Malta | 19.31 Persons | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 143 | Burundi | 18.55 Persons | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 144 | Suriname | 15.26 Persons | 2022 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 145 | Comoros | 14.17 Persons | 2022 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 146 | Iceland | 12.53 Persons | 2022 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 147 | Belize | 10.33 Persons | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 148 | Saint Lucia | 9.17 Persons | 2022 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 149 | Barbados | 8 Persons | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 150 | Samoa | 7.66 Persons | 2022 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 5.47 Persons | 2022 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 152 | Tonga | 4.11 Persons | 2022 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 3.41 Persons | 2022 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.17 Persons | 2022 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.77 Persons | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.12 Persons | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 147,851 Persons
- World outside Africa 136,038 Persons
- Non-resource-rich countries 128,591 Persons
- Resource-rich countries 19,260 Persons
- World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 119,898 Persons
- Latin America and the Caribbean 14,653 Persons
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 76,143 Persons
- ASEAN 12,787 Persons
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 75,483 Persons
- Africa 11,813 Persons
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 74,181 Persons
- Least developed countries 7,293 Persons
- High income countries 37,060 Persons
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 5,358 Persons
- High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 36,212 Persons
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 3,050 Persons
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 28,807 Persons
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 2,869 Persons
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 21,414 Persons
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 2,264 Persons
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 16,141 Persons
- Southern Africa (African Union) 2,133 Persons
- European Union (27 countries) 14,564 Persons
- Small Island Developing States 1,610 Persons
- Fragile states 12,145 Persons
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 1,555 Persons
- MERCOSUR 10,623 Persons
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1,461 Persons
- Other developing countries 9,030 Persons
- Korea 1,235 Persons
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 8,693 Persons
- Central Africa (African Union) 844.19 Persons
- World outside Africa, fragile states 7,631 Persons
- Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 7,393 Persons
- Slovak Republic 220.85 Persons
- Low income countries (World Bank) 5,555 Persons
- Land Locked Developing Countries 5,518 Persons
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 5,162 Persons
- North Africa (African Union) 4,679 Persons
- Africa, fragile states 4,514 Persons
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 32 shows total employment by sex and within 14 different economic sectors.