The number of academics in public administration has increased significantly since 2013. According to a new analysis from SMVdanmark, the increase is 66 percent, and every third employee in public administration now has a higher education. SMVdanmark writes this in a press release.
According to the analysis, the number of employees with a higher education in public administration has grown from 31,500 in 2013 to 52,400 in 2023. This makes academics the most common educational group in this part of the public sector.
– This is a wake-up call. Changing governments have talked about debureaucratization for years, but the opposite is happening. Our analysis shows that the Djøf party just continues unabated, says Jesper Beinov, director of SMVdanmark.
SMVdanmark assesses that the growth is not just temporary, but an expression of structural development. The organization highlights a number of consequences of the development.
– The development is problematic for several reasons. Firstly, the many cold hands are expensive to operate. This costs billions of kroner just in salary costs. Secondly, the cold hands are part of a growing bureaucracy that our companies suffer from. And thirdly, the development shows that the public sector is absorbing an increasing part of the workforce at a time when labor shortages are a major problem in the private sector, says Jesper Beinov.
He adds:
– If we are to succeed in both strengthening our defense, ensuring core welfare and creating better conditions for our companies, then it is simply a given to do something about this development.
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