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List of countries by public sector size - Wikipedia
May 21, 2026 - World Bank Publications. pp. 86, 101. ISBN ... ↑ Zeng, Jin (2013). State-Led Privatization in China: The Politics of Economic Reform. Routledge. pp. 52–53. ISBN ... ↑ "CHART OF THE DAY: Guess Which Country Has The Highest Percentage Of Workers Employed By The Government". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-02-09. ↑ "One in Four People ...
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World Population Review
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Public Sector Size by Country 2026
1 week ago - Understanding the role of the government in a country’s employment picture is critical to understanding its overall economy. And data shows it can vary quite a bit around the world. The Middle Eastern nation of Oman has the highest percentage of its workforce in the public sector, 78.7%, according to the International Labour Organization.
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[OC] How many people work in the US government? (Federal, state, and local employees)

That’s wild to me that over a million people work at government hospitals. I didn’t even know that was a thing

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Public sector employment as a share of total employment | Our World in Data
July 14, 2026 - The proportion of public sector workers out of total employment. Source: World Bank staff calculations based on the methodology described in World Bank (2023). https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099062623201028153/p1687031c943fa1313f6814bcf1aeb51371a5665a9ac · Public sector employment as a share of total employment ... Share of all employed people who are paid employees of the public sector, including government, the armed forces, public services, and state-owned enterprises.
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Australia’s Public Sector Is Far Smaller Than Debates Suggest - Per Capita
February 23, 2026 - A more accurate global picture comes from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which found that only 2,257,700 people, or 15.7% of the workforce, were employed in all levels of government (federal, state and local), ...
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Share of people employed in government by country 2019| Statista
November 28, 2025 - Log in or register to access precise data.Get access now percent of the population was employed in the government sector as of 2019. In general, Nordic countries employed the largest share of the working force in their governments.
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Employment in general government: Government at a Glance 2025 | OECD
June 19, 2025 - The 2025 edition of Government at a Glance offers a comprehensive overview of public governance and public administration practices in OECD Member and accession candidate countries. It features indicators on trust in public institutions, prosperity, and satisfaction with public services, as ...
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All Employees, Government (USGOVT) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
3 weeks ago - Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Government (USGOVT) from Jan 1939 to Aug 2026 about establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.
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Scandinavia Leads The World In Public Sector Employment [Infographic]
July 21, 2017 - There is a significant variation in the size of government workforces worldwide ranging from 30 percent of the total workforce in Norway to just 5.9 percent in Japan.
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Raw data: How many people work for the government? – Kevin Drum
July 24, 2022 - Inspired by a Twitter conversation last night, here's the answer: As of now, about 3 million people work for the federal government; 5 million for state governments; and 14 million for local governments.
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Federal Civilian Employment
* Includes all Non-Postal Executive Branch Agencies as well as the Government Printing Office (LP), the U.S. Tax Court (LT), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (ZL), the U.S. Commision on International Religious Freedom (ZP), the U.S. China Economic & Security Review Comision (ZS), the Dwight D.
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International Labour Organization
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Statistics on Public Sector Employment
Annex 3: List of sectorial working papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 · 1 Estimated on the basis of the data collected in the survey described in the present report ... This survey is the first of its kind carried out by the ILO at global world level.
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All Employees, Federal (CES9091000001) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
3 weeks ago - Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Federal (CES9091000001) from Jan 1939 to Aug 2026 about establishment survey, federal, government, employment, and USA.
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Total government employees U.S. 2026| Statista
April 30, 2026 - Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 3, 2026). Total number of government employees in the United States from January 1982 to January 2026 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista.
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 1 SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT: DATA SOURCES, METHODS AND GAPS
OECD Public Employment and Management (PEM) working party. This PFED project has been ... In addition, the data are broken down according to a functional classification that resembles COFOG. The classification of the PFED is called “COFOG-Special” which categorise government expenditures
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How many people work for the federal government? | USAFacts
November 12, 2025 - By February 1943, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government — tripling the civilian workforce in three years. Monthly number of federal government employees, Jan 1939–Aug 2025
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MacroTrends
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Federal Employee Count (1939-2026)
Interactive monthly chart and 87 years of historical data from 1939 to 2026.
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Pew Research Center
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What the data says about federal workers
January 8, 2025 - In November 2000, federal employment – excluding the Postal Service – stood at 1,855,900 people, according to BLS data. That number has grown by a little over 1% each year since then, to 2,405,100 people in March 2024.
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October 4, 2023 - With a total working population of around 150 million in the US, this is 13% employed by the various levels of government (around 3% in the federal government). Any idea how this compares with the rest of the world?