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Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in European Union (27)

Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in the European Union (27) was 1.67 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 4.3% from 2023.

2024, persons1,665,602
Change on 2023+4.3%
Series high1,665,6022024
Series low1,240,0002011

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Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in European Union (27), 2011 to 2024

1.2M1.3M1.4M1.5M1.6M1.7M20112013201520172019202120242011: 1,240,000 persons2012: 1,260,000 persons2013: 1,290,000 persons2014: 1,300,000 persons2015: 1,300,000 persons2016: 1,380,000 persons2017: 1,430,000 persons2018: 1,510,000 persons2019: 1,560,000 persons2020: 1,600,000 persons2021: 1,561,172 persons2022: 1,586,249 persons2023: 1,597,691 persons2024: 1,665,602 persons1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M2011201620242011: 1,240,000 persons2012: 1,260,000 persons2013: 1,290,000 persons2014: 1,300,000 persons2015: 1,300,000 persons2016: 1,380,000 persons2017: 1,430,000 persons2018: 1,510,000 persons2019: 1,560,000 persons2020: 1,600,000 persons2021: 1,561,172 persons2022: 1,586,249 persons2023: 1,597,691 persons2024: 1,665,602 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 14 values
Periodpersons
20241,665,602
20231,597,691
20221,586,249
20211,561,172 Series break
20201,600,000 Low reliability
20191,560,000 Estimated
20181,510,000 Estimated
20171,430,000 Estimated
20161,380,000 Estimated
20151,300,000 Low reliability
20141,300,000 Low reliability
20131,290,000 Estimated
20121,260,000 Estimated
20111,240,000 Estimated

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Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-water-waste/european-union. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-water-waste/european-union.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-water-waste/european-union (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in the European Union (27) was 1.67 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 4.3% from 2023.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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1.67 million in 2024, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

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