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The size and cost of Ghana's public sector: public employment as a share of total and of formal employment, the public sector wage bill, pay compared with the private sector, and the composition of the public workforce by sex and education. 201 series covering 2000-2022. Sourced from World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. 527 records.
The newest figures in this dataset are from 2022; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| series_code | TEXT NOT NULL |
| series_name | TEXT |
| period | TEXT |
| year | INTEGER NOT NULL |
| value | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| source | TEXT |
| series codeTEXT NOT NULL | series nameTEXT | periodTEXT | yearINTEGER NOT NULL | valueDECIMAL(24,6) | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI.PWK.CMPA.GE.SM | Cross-country public sector pay comparison ratio, by occupation: Government economist (using mean) | 2017 | 2017 | 1.061995 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| BI.PWK.CMPA.GE.MD | Cross-country public sector pay comparison ratio, by occupation: Government economist (using median) | 2017 | 2017 | 1.555846 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| BI.PWK.CMPA.HD.SM | Cross-country public sector pay comparison ratio, by occupation: Hospital doctor (using mean) | 2017 | 2017 | 0.919849 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| BI.PWK.CMPA.HD.MD | Cross-country public sector pay comparison ratio, by occupation: Hospital doctor (using median) | 2017 | 2017 | 1.244451 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| BI.PWK.CMPA.HN.SM | Cross-country public sector pay comparison ratio, by occupation: Hospital nurse (using mean) | 2017 | 2017 | 0.521441 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
522 more rows — see the plans
See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/bureaucracy_indicators
Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (World Bank Open Data). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2000 to 2022; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Bureaucracy indicators (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from World Bank Open Data]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/bureaucracy-indicators
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/bureaucracy_indicators?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/bureaucracy_indicators?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/bureaucracy_indicators",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]