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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 26 EU countries in 2021, at 386,423. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 1,869. The median was 26,259 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.34 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest386,423Germany
Lowest1,869Luxembourg
Median26,25926 EU countries
European Union (27)1,340,000History

Map of EU countries, 2021

Austria: 35,381 personsBelgium: 21,904 personsBulgaria: 32,282 personsCyprus: 2,212 personsCzechia: 41,058 personsGermany: 386,423 personsDenmark: 12,826 personsEstonia: 5,078 personsSpain: 42,452 personsFinland: 14,020 personsFrance: 225,742 personsGreece: 30,613 personsCroatia: 14,690 personsHungary: 34,229 personsIreland: 11,622 personsItaly: 93,996 personsLithuania: 12,066 personsLuxembourg: 1,869 personsLatvia: 9,761 personsNetherlands: 32,566 personsPoland: 141,647 personsPortugal: 14,020 personsRomania: 62,016 personsSweden: 37,566 personsSlovenia: 8,673 personsSlovakia: 17,310 persons
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persons, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2021

Germany: 386,423 personsGermany386,423France: 225,742 personsFrance225,742Poland: 141,647 personsPoland141,647Italy: 93,996 personsItaly93,996Romania: 62,016 personsRomania62,016Spain: 42,452 personsSpain42,452Czechia: 41,058 personsCzechia41,058Sweden: 37,566 personsSweden37,566Austria: 35,381 personsAustria35,381Hungary: 34,229 personsHungary34,229Netherlands: 32,566 personsNetherlands32,566Bulgaria: 32,282 personsBulgaria32,282Greece: 30,613 personsGreece30,613Belgium: 21,904 personsBelgium21,904Slovakia: 17,310 personsSlovakia17,310Croatia: 14,690 personsCroatia14,690Finland: 14,020 personsFinland14,020Portugal: 14,020 personsPortugal14,020Denmark: 12,826 personsDenmark12,826Lithuania: 12,066 personsLithuania12,066Ireland: 11,622 personsIreland11,622Latvia: 9,761 personsLatvia9,761Slovenia: 8,673 personsSlovenia8,673Estonia: 5,078 personsEstonia5,078Cyprus: 2,212 personsCyprus2,212Luxembourg: 1,869 personsLuxembourg1,869Germany: 386,423 personsGermany386,423France: 225,742 personsFrance225,742Poland: 141,647 personsPoland141,647Italy: 93,996 personsItaly93,996Romania: 62,016 personsRomania62,016Spain: 42,452 personsSpain42,452Czechia: 41,058 personsCzechia41,058Sweden: 37,566 personsSweden37,566Austria: 35,381 personsAustria35,381Hungary: 34,229 personsHungary34,229Netherlands: 32,566 personsNetherlands32,566Bulgaria: 32,282 personsBulgaria32,282Greece: 30,613 personsGreece30,613Belgium: 21,904 personsBelgium21,904Slovakia: 17,310 personsSlovakia17,310Croatia: 14,690 personsCroatia14,690Finland: 14,020 personsFinland14,020Portugal: 14,020 personsPortugal14,020Denmark: 12,826 personsDenmark12,826Lithuania: 12,066 personsLithuania12,066Ireland: 11,622 personsIreland11,622Latvia: 9,761 personsLatvia9,761Slovenia: 8,673 personsSlovenia8,673Estonia: 5,078 personsEstonia5,078Cyprus: 2,212 personsCyprus2,212Luxembourg: 1,869 personsLuxembourg1,869
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Germany Series break386,423+1.3%
2France Series break225,742+13.6%
3Poland Series break141,647-6.7%
4Italy Series break93,996+4.4%
5Romania Series break62,016-3.8%
6Spain Series break42,452-5.4%
7Czechia Series break41,058+2%
8Sweden Series break37,566+4%
9Austria Series break35,381+7.6%
10Hungary Series break34,229+4.3%
11Netherlands Series break32,566+9.9%
12Bulgaria Series break32,282+2.7%
13Greece Series break30,613-0.3%
14Belgium Series break21,904+1.9%
15Slovakia Series break17,310+0.1%
16Croatia Series break14,690+0.2%
17Finland Series break14,020-1.3%
17Portugal Series break14,020+1.2%
19Denmark Series break12,826-0.9%
20Lithuania Series break12,066+0.6%
21Ireland Series break11,622+6.4%
22Latvia Series break9,761+1.1%
23Slovenia Series break8,673+0.2%
24Estonia Series break5,078+5.5%
25Cyprus Series break2,212-0.8%
26Luxembourg Series break1,869+2.4%

Other periods

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. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), 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, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2021) [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, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-energy-supply/eu-countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-energy-supply/eu-countries?period=2021.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by persons employed in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-energy-supply/eu-countries?period=2021 (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 386,423 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Luxembourg, with 1,869 in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (NACE Rev. 2 section D), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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