Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)

In 2021, Germany's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 6.4% compared to 2020, reaching 1,416,587.

Germany accounts for 15.9% of the EU-27 total of 8,920,000.

Germany ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.7% (from 1,109,047 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.