This means that the possibility of dismissal is more difficult and almost never happens; In Sweden, only 1% of those who work for the government have stability, says newspaper
Brazil has fewer public employees (federal, state and municipal) in relation to the size of the population than in many developed countries. But here the percentage of those who have job stability is much higher.
“Around 70% of federal government employees are called statutory employees, governed by the Federal Public Servant Statute (), after approval in a competition. States and municipalities followed the same logic in hiring, resulting in 65% of the 12.1 million public employees having stability”says journalist Fernando Canzian, published by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
When a public employee has stability, this makes it much more difficult to demand productivity and eventually dismiss them if goals are not met.
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The data from the report Sheet were calculated based on , from the Ministry of Labor and Employment. “Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden have fewer employees in regimes similar to the Brazilian stable (statutory) ones. In these countries, a large part of civil service is governed by rules more similar to those of the private sector, but with some advantages and job security. Full stability is only guaranteed for specific careers, such as the Judiciary”says the newspaper.
In the Brazilian case, stability exists for State functions (such as judges and federal police officers), but also for teachers, nurses and administrative staff, careers that have similar vacancies in the private sector.
Total spending on public servants in Brazil is equivalent to 8.9% of GDP, says the Sheetciting data from the International Monetary Fund. When 9 selected countries are considered, Brazil is “behind South Africa (12.6%), Sweden (10.4%) and almost tied with Spain (9%)”. In Latin America, Chile (6.8%), Colombia (5.6%) and Mexico (3.8%) spend less.
With 213 million inhabitants, Brazil has fewer public employees in proportion to the population (5.7%) when comparing with richer countries. The problem here is of another nature.
As the data in the infographics above show, the problem is the high cost: 40% of total Brazilian primary expenditure (that is, everything the government must pay for). This percentage is much higher than in all the countries analyzed.
