env_ac_egss1 · 2000–2022

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

Eurostat env_ac_egss1 — Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023). Data range: 2000 to 2023.

At a glance

In 2022, the EU-27 figure for employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) was 10,356,000 .

That is a 16.1% rose versus 2021 (8,920,000).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 47.3% higher.

Across member states, Italy reported the highest value (2,179,327, 2022) and Malta the lowest (7,154, 2022) — a ratio of 304.6× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2022
10,356,000
HIGHEST · 2022
Italy
2,179,327
LOWEST · 2022
Malta
7,154

Map · 2022

Finland: 267.8k FI 267.8k Sweden: 333.7k SE 333.7k Denmark: 204.0k DK 204.0k Estonia: 98.9k EE 98.9k Ireland: 124.8k IE 124.8k Netherlands: 417.1k NL 417.1k Germany: 1.7M DE 1.7M Poland: 978.7k PL 978.7k Latvia: 85.0k LV 85.0k Belgium: 235.7k BE 235.7k Luxembourg: 81.2k LU 81.2k Czechia: 389.4k CZ 389.4k Slovakia: 95.0k SK 95.0k Lithuania: 153.4k LT 153.4k France: 2.2M FR 2.2M Austria: 600.6k AT 600.6k Hungary: 140.3k HU 140.3k Romania: 535.5k RO 535.5k Portugal: 462.3k PT 462.3k Spain: 1.2M ES 1.2M Italy: 2.2M IT 2.2M Slovenia: 84.5k SI 84.5k Bulgaria: 207.6k BG 207.6k Cyprus: 26.0k CY 26.0k Malta: 7.2k MT 7.2k Croatia: 92.3k HR 92.3k Greece: 235.5k EL 235.5k
7.2k 2.2M

Ranking · 2022

European Union (27) EU 10.4M Italy IT 2.2M France FR 2.2M Germany DE 1.7M Spain ES 1.2M Poland PL 978.7k Austria AT 600.6k Romania RO 535.5k Portugal PT 462.3k Netherlands NL 417.1k Czechia CZ 389.4k Sweden SE 333.7k Finland FI 267.8k Belgium BE 235.7k Greece EL 235.5k Bulgaria BG 207.6k Denmark DK 204.0k Lithuania LT 153.4k Hungary HU 140.3k Ireland IE 124.8k Estonia EE 98.9k Slovakia SK 95.0k Croatia HR 92.3k Latvia LV 85.0k Slovenia SI 84.5k Luxembourg LU 81.2k Cyprus CY 26.0k Malta MT 7.2k
2022 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

-397.5k 2.4M 5.3M 8.1M 11.0M 2000 2003 2007 2010 2013 2016 2020 2023 Italy France Germany Spain Poland Austria Romania Portugal Netherlands Czechia Sweden Finland European Union (27) Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) (count) EU27_2020 IT FR DE ES PL AT RO PT NL CZ SE FI
  • Italy 2.2M
  • France 2.2M
  • Germany 1.7M
  • Spain 1.2M
  • Poland 978.7k
  • Austria 600.6k
  • Romania 535.5k
  • Portugal 462.3k
  • Netherlands 417.1k
  • Czechia 389.4k
  • Sweden 333.7k
  • Finland 267.8k
  • European Union (27) 10.4M

Country × year heatmap · all values

200120032005200720092011201320152017201920212023 Austria AT Austria · 2008: 456.6k Austria · 2009: 456.7k Austria · 2010: 475.8k Austria · 2011: 481.5k Austria · 2012: 490.9k Austria · 2013: 496.5k Austria · 2014: 486.2k Austria · 2015: 481.7k Austria · 2016: 486.5k Austria · 2017: 503.9k Austria · 2018: 529.6k Austria · 2019: 544.4k Austria · 2020: 550.4k Austria · 2021: 576.0k Austria · 2022: 600.6k Belgium BE Belgium · 2014: 171.4k Belgium · 2015: 176.1k Belgium · 2016: 184.0k Belgium · 2017: 191.8k Belgium · 2018: 206.0k Belgium · 2019: 215.4k Belgium · 2020: 215.4k Belgium · 2021: 227.0k Belgium · 2022: 235.7k Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2013: 90.8k Bulgaria · 2014: 115.8k Bulgaria · 2015: 133.4k Bulgaria · 2016: 151.0k Bulgaria · 2017: 164.0k Bulgaria · 2018: 179.0k Bulgaria · 2019: 177.0k Bulgaria · 2020: 185.4k Bulgaria · 2021: 195.9k Bulgaria · 2022: 207.6k Croatia HR Croatia · 2014: 73.5k Croatia · 2015: 73.6k Croatia · 2016: 73.6k Croatia · 2017: 75.1k Croatia · 2018: 79.9k Croatia · 2019: 81.7k Croatia · 2020: 81.2k Croatia · 2021: 87.2k Croatia · 2022: 92.3k Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2014: 7.5k Cyprus · 2015: 7.9k Cyprus · 2016: 7.4k Cyprus · 2017: 8.0k Cyprus · 2018: 22.9k Cyprus · 2019: 24.3k Cyprus · 2020: 20.7k Cyprus · 2021: 24.5k Cyprus · 2022: 26.0k Czechia CZ Czechia · 2014: 312.2k Czechia · 2015: 310.2k Czechia · 2016: 309.2k Czechia · 2017: 310.0k Czechia · 2018: 318.1k Czechia · 2019: 324.3k Czechia · 2020: 368.2k Czechia · 2021: 379.6k Czechia · 2022: 389.4k Denmark DK Denmark · 2012: 151.0k Denmark · 2013: 146.7k Denmark · 2014: 151.4k Denmark · 2015: 171.2k Denmark · 2016: 176.8k Denmark · 2017: 184.9k Denmark · 2018: 182.4k Denmark · 2019: 183.4k Denmark · 2020: 185.9k Denmark · 2021: 194.5k Denmark · 2022: 204.0k Estonia EE Estonia · 2014: 68.8k Estonia · 2015: 76.8k Estonia · 2016: 81.4k Estonia · 2017: 77.9k Estonia · 2018: 75.3k Estonia · 2019: 80.0k Estonia · 2020: 78.7k Estonia · 2021: 85.7k Estonia · 2022: 98.9k Finland FI Finland · 2012: 266.8k Finland · 2013: 254.7k Finland · 2014: 257.2k Finland · 2015: 266.3k Finland · 2016: 277.0k Finland · 2017: 279.3k Finland · 2018: 234.9k Finland · 2019: 250.6k Finland · 2020: 244.1k Finland · 2021: 233.5k Finland · 2022: 267.8k France FR France · 2008: 1.4M France · 2009: 1.4M France · 2010: 1.6M France · 2011: 1.7M France · 2012: 1.8M France · 2013: 1.5M France · 2014: 1.6M France · 2015: 1.6M France · 2016: 1.6M France · 2017: 1.7M France · 2018: 1.8M France · 2019: 1.8M France · 2020: 1.9M France · 2021: 2.1M France · 2022: 2.2M Germany DE Germany · 2014: 1.1M Germany · 2015: 1.1M Germany · 2016: 1.1M Germany · 2017: 1.2M Germany · 2018: 1.3M Germany · 2019: 1.3M Germany · 2020: 1.3M Germany · 2021: 1.4M Germany · 2022: 1.7M Greece EL Greece · 2014: 111.3k Greece · 2015: 120.8k Greece · 2016: 109.0k Greece · 2017: 125.6k Greece · 2018: 148.7k Greece · 2019: 163.2k Greece · 2020: 152.7k Greece · 2021: 172.2k Greece · 2022: 235.5k Hungary HU Hungary · 2014: 72.1k Hungary · 2015: 77.3k Hungary · 2016: 91.5k Hungary · 2017: 142.6k Hungary · 2018: 133.8k Hungary · 2019: 140.6k Hungary · 2020: 140.3k Hungary · 2021: 128.9k Hungary · 2022: 140.3k Ireland IE Ireland · 2014: 64.6k Ireland · 2015: 67.4k Ireland · 2016: 92.1k Ireland · 2017: 108.6k Ireland · 2018: 120.3k Ireland · 2019: 120.5k Ireland · 2020: 120.7k Ireland · 2021: 116.2k Ireland · 2022: 124.8k Italy IT Italy · 2014: 385.7k Italy · 2015: 411.6k Italy · 2016: 1.0M Italy · 2017: 1.0M Italy · 2018: 1.1M Italy · 2019: 1.1M Italy · 2020: 1.1M Italy · 2021: 1.6M Italy · 2022: 2.2M Latvia LV Latvia · 2014: 74.6k Latvia · 2015: 79.2k Latvia · 2016: 77.0k Latvia · 2017: 78.4k Latvia · 2018: 70.3k Latvia · 2019: 71.4k Latvia · 2020: 78.8k Latvia · 2021: 77.3k Latvia · 2022: 85.0k Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2010: 73.0k Lithuania · 2011: 81.3k Lithuania · 2012: 91.7k Lithuania · 2013: 96.5k Lithuania · 2014: 95.3k Lithuania · 2015: 103.8k Lithuania · 2016: 109.1k Lithuania · 2017: 121.8k Lithuania · 2018: 119.6k Lithuania · 2019: 136.8k Lithuania · 2020: 130.8k Lithuania · 2021: 155.1k Lithuania · 2022: 153.4k Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2008: 34.8k Luxembourg · 2009: 29.8k Luxembourg · 2010: 32.3k Luxembourg · 2011: 32.1k Luxembourg · 2012: 33.7k Luxembourg · 2013: 33.9k Luxembourg · 2014: 34.8k Luxembourg · 2015: 31.8k Luxembourg · 2016: 36.2k Luxembourg · 2017: 40.9k Luxembourg · 2018: 46.3k Luxembourg · 2019: 54.3k Luxembourg · 2020: 62.7k Luxembourg · 2021: 75.1k Luxembourg · 2022: 81.2k Malta MT Malta · 2012: 6.1k Malta · 2013: 6.4k Malta · 2014: 6.6k Malta · 2015: 6.7k Malta · 2016: 7.5k Malta · 2017: 8.5k Malta · 2018: 7.4k Malta · 2019: 7.5k Malta · 2020: 7.5k Malta · 2021: 7.2k Malta · 2022: 7.2k Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2001: 234.2k Netherlands · 2002: 238.4k Netherlands · 2003: 236.1k Netherlands · 2004: 228.2k Netherlands · 2005: 221.0k Netherlands · 2006: 234.2k Netherlands · 2007: 238.0k Netherlands · 2008: 239.4k Netherlands · 2009: 247.7k Netherlands · 2010: 258.8k Netherlands · 2011: 270.5k Netherlands · 2012: 260.9k Netherlands · 2013: 266.9k Netherlands · 2014: 267.9k Netherlands · 2015: 270.2k Netherlands · 2016: 286.2k Netherlands · 2017: 303.2k Netherlands · 2018: 320.6k Netherlands · 2019: 343.9k Netherlands · 2020: 392.3k Netherlands · 2021: 396.0k Netherlands · 2022: 417.1k Poland PL Poland · 2014: 534.0k Poland · 2015: 534.9k Poland · 2016: 597.5k Poland · 2017: 628.8k Poland · 2018: 694.7k Poland · 2019: 797.7k Poland · 2020: 813.0k Poland · 2021: 864.8k Poland · 2022: 978.7k Portugal PT Portugal · 2014: 217.4k Portugal · 2015: 229.3k Portugal · 2016: 241.2k Portugal · 2017: 254.6k Portugal · 2018: 261.8k Portugal · 2019: 266.1k Portugal · 2020: 283.4k Portugal · 2021: 390.5k Portugal · 2022: 462.3k Romania RO Romania · 2008: 1.1M Romania · 2009: 487.0k Romania · 2010: 558.2k Romania · 2011: 538.6k Romania · 2012: 750.4k Romania · 2013: 634.8k Romania · 2014: 478.6k Romania · 2015: 440.1k Romania · 2016: 412.9k Romania · 2017: 415.0k Romania · 2018: 444.1k Romania · 2019: 455.9k Romania · 2020: 448.4k Romania · 2021: 457.6k Romania · 2022: 535.5k Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2014: 31.3k Slovakia · 2015: 27.9k Slovakia · 2016: 29.2k Slovakia · 2017: 29.6k Slovakia · 2018: 63.3k Slovakia · 2019: 65.8k Slovakia · 2020: 88.6k Slovakia · 2021: 95.0k Slovakia · 2022: 95.0k Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2010: 66.7k Slovenia · 2011: 68.3k Slovenia · 2012: 69.6k Slovenia · 2013: 66.6k Slovenia · 2014: 68.1k Slovenia · 2015: 67.6k Slovenia · 2016: 71.7k Slovenia · 2017: 79.2k Slovenia · 2018: 83.0k Slovenia · 2019: 80.5k Slovenia · 2020: 81.1k Slovenia · 2021: 81.3k Slovenia · 2022: 84.5k Spain ES Spain · 2014: 675.0k Spain · 2015: 717.9k Spain · 2016: 746.6k Spain · 2017: 760.5k Spain · 2018: 860.6k Spain · 2019: 870.2k Spain · 2020: 927.3k Spain · 2021: 1.0M Spain · 2022: 1.1M Spain · 2023: 1.2M Sweden SE Sweden · 2011: 211.2k Sweden · 2012: 218.5k Sweden · 2013: 222.3k Sweden · 2014: 230.4k Sweden · 2015: 246.5k Sweden · 2016: 263.6k Sweden · 2017: 279.3k Sweden · 2018: 296.6k Sweden · 2019: 301.7k Sweden · 2020: 304.0k Sweden · 2021: 319.5k Sweden · 2022: 333.7k
6.1k 2.2M

Member states · ranked by latest value

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