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EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

Germany had the highest persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply of 27 EU countries in 2015, at 224,669. Malta had the lowest, at 10. The median was 20,293 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.09 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest224,669Germany
Lowest10Malta
Median20,29327 EU countries
European Union (27)1,090,709History

Map of EU countries, 2015

Austria: 29,168 personsBelgium: 20,293 personsBulgaria: 31,751 personsCyprus: 2,130 personsCzechia: 34,536 personsGermany: 224,669 personsDenmark: 13,815 personsEstonia: 4,949 personsSpain: 39,764 personsFinland: 13,368 personsFrance: 190,364 personsGreece: 25,764 personsCroatia: 14,893 personsHungary: 24,601 personsIreland: 8,846 personsItaly: 89,109 personsLithuania: 13,522 personsLuxembourg: 1,529 personsLatvia: 11,344 personsMalta: 10 personsNetherlands: 27,969 personsPoland: 128,183 personsPortugal: 9,589 personsRomania: 72,333 personsSweden: 31,379 personsSlovenia: 8,958 personsSlovakia: 17,873 persons
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  • 27K to 39K
  • 39K and over
persons, 2015. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2015

Germany: 224,669 personsGermany224,669France: 190,364 personsFrance190,364Poland: 128,183 personsPoland128,183Italy: 89,109 personsItaly89,109Romania: 72,333 personsRomania72,333Spain: 39,764 personsSpain39,764Czechia: 34,536 personsCzechia34,536Bulgaria: 31,751 personsBulgaria31,751Sweden: 31,379 personsSweden31,379Austria: 29,168 personsAustria29,168Netherlands: 27,969 personsNetherlands27,969Greece: 25,764 personsGreece25,764Hungary: 24,601 personsHungary24,601Belgium: 20,293 personsBelgium20,293Slovakia: 17,873 personsSlovakia17,873Croatia: 14,893 personsCroatia14,893Denmark: 13,815 personsDenmark13,815Lithuania: 13,522 personsLithuania13,522Finland: 13,368 personsFinland13,368Latvia: 11,344 personsLatvia11,344Portugal: 9,589 personsPortugal9,589Slovenia: 8,958 personsSlovenia8,958Ireland: 8,846 personsIreland8,846Estonia: 4,949 personsEstonia4,949Cyprus: 2,130 personsCyprus2,130Luxembourg: 1,529 personsLuxembourg1,529Malta: 10 personsMalta10Germany: 224,669 personsGermany224,669France: 190,364 personsFrance190,364Poland: 128,183 personsPoland128,183Italy: 89,109 personsItaly89,109Romania: 72,333 personsRomania72,333Spain: 39,764 personsSpain39,764Czechia: 34,536 personsCzechia34,536Bulgaria: 31,751 personsBulgaria31,751Sweden: 31,379 personsSweden31,379Austria: 29,168 personsAustria29,168Netherlands: 27,969 personsNetherlands27,969Greece: 25,764 personsGreece25,764Hungary: 24,601 personsHungary24,601Belgium: 20,293 personsBelgium20,293Slovakia: 17,873 personsSlovakia17,873Croatia: 14,893 personsCroatia14,893Denmark: 13,815 personsDenmark13,815Lithuania: 13,522 personsLithuania13,522Finland: 13,368 personsFinland13,368Latvia: 11,344 personsLatvia11,344Portugal: 9,589 personsPortugal9,589Slovenia: 8,958 personsSlovenia8,958Ireland: 8,846 personsIreland8,846Estonia: 4,949 personsEstonia4,949Cyprus: 2,130 personsCyprus2,130Luxembourg: 1,529 personsLuxembourg1,529Malta: 10 personsMalta10
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Germany224,669-1.5%
2France Series break190,3640%
3Poland128,183-5.8%
4Italy89,109+0.7%
5Romania72,333-4.8%
6Spain39,764+3.2%
7Czechia34,536+2%
8Bulgaria31,751-2.5%
9Sweden31,379-1.4%
10Austria29,168-0.4%
11Netherlands27,969+3%
12Greece25,764-19.4%
13Hungary24,601-0.7%
14Belgium20,293-2.9%
15Slovakia17,873-0.8%
16Croatia14,893+1%
17Denmark13,815-3.4%
18Lithuania13,522-0.3%
19Finland13,368-2%
20Latvia11,344+6.8%
21Portugal9,589+10.2%
22Slovenia8,958-1.2%
23Ireland8,846+4.1%
24Estonia4,949-2.9%
25Cyprus2,130-4.1%
26Luxembourg1,529+4%
27Malta10n/a

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About this ranking

Number of persons who work in enterprises of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D): 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).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2024). Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table

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Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 1 Mar. 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-energy-supply/eu-countries?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-energy-supply/eu-countries?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply?

Germany, with 224,669 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply?

Malta, with 10 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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