Some 303,478 persons are on the government payroll, or 3.79% of the total population and 11.64% of the economically active population, according to the First Census of Government Employees. Of the total, 54.2% of the employees are concentrated in the ministries of Education, Public Health, Armed Forces and Interior and Police. The Ministry of Education has a payroll of 57,744 persons, Public Health 42,974 persons, Armed Forces 38,458 and Interior and Police 25,361.
