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

In 2021, Romania's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 2.1% compared to 2020, reaching 457,648.

Romania accounts for 5.1% of the EU-27 total of 8,920,000.

Romania ranks 7th 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 10.8% (from 412,896 in 2016).

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