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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 2022, at 405,116. Malta had the lowest, at 1,776. The median was 22,171 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.38 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest405,116Germany
Lowest1,776Malta
Median22,17127 EU countries
European Union (27)1,384,624History

Map of EU countries, 2022

Austria: 36,255 personsBelgium: 22,171 personsBulgaria: 32,938 personsCyprus: 2,238 personsCzechia: 41,198 personsGermany: 405,116 personsDenmark: 15,388 personsEstonia: 5,375 personsSpain: 44,802 personsFinland: 14,254 personsFrance: 228,593 personsGreece: 30,345 personsCroatia: 14,810 personsHungary: 38,387 personsIreland: 12,169 personsItaly: 96,874 personsLithuania: 12,557 personsLuxembourg: 1,911 personsLatvia: 9,418 personsMalta: 1,776 personsNetherlands: 35,134 personsPoland: 142,184 personsPortugal: 16,161 personsRomania: 63,182 personsSweden: 35,070 personsSlovenia: 8,734 personsSlovakia: 17,584 persons
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persons, 2022. 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, 2022

Germany: 405,116 personsGermany405,116France: 228,593 personsFrance228,593Poland: 142,184 personsPoland142,184Italy: 96,874 personsItaly96,874Romania: 63,182 personsRomania63,182Spain: 44,802 personsSpain44,802Czechia: 41,198 personsCzechia41,198Hungary: 38,387 personsHungary38,387Austria: 36,255 personsAustria36,255Netherlands: 35,134 personsNetherlands35,134Sweden: 35,070 personsSweden35,070Bulgaria: 32,938 personsBulgaria32,938Greece: 30,345 personsGreece30,345Belgium: 22,171 personsBelgium22,171Slovakia: 17,584 personsSlovakia17,584Portugal: 16,161 personsPortugal16,161Denmark: 15,388 personsDenmark15,388Croatia: 14,810 personsCroatia14,810Finland: 14,254 personsFinland14,254Lithuania: 12,557 personsLithuania12,557Ireland: 12,169 personsIreland12,169Latvia: 9,418 personsLatvia9,418Slovenia: 8,734 personsSlovenia8,734Estonia: 5,375 personsEstonia5,375Cyprus: 2,238 personsCyprus2,238Luxembourg: 1,911 personsLuxembourg1,911Malta: 1,776 personsMalta1,776Germany: 405,116 personsGermany405,116France: 228,593 personsFrance228,593Poland: 142,184 personsPoland142,184Italy: 96,874 personsItaly96,874Romania: 63,182 personsRomania63,182Spain: 44,802 personsSpain44,802Czechia: 41,198 personsCzechia41,198Hungary: 38,387 personsHungary38,387Austria: 36,255 personsAustria36,255Netherlands: 35,134 personsNetherlands35,134Sweden: 35,070 personsSweden35,070Bulgaria: 32,938 personsBulgaria32,938Greece: 30,345 personsGreece30,345Belgium: 22,171 personsBelgium22,171Slovakia: 17,584 personsSlovakia17,584Portugal: 16,161 personsPortugal16,161Denmark: 15,388 personsDenmark15,388Croatia: 14,810 personsCroatia14,810Finland: 14,254 personsFinland14,254Lithuania: 12,557 personsLithuania12,557Ireland: 12,169 personsIreland12,169Latvia: 9,418 personsLatvia9,418Slovenia: 8,734 personsSlovenia8,734Estonia: 5,375 personsEstonia5,375Cyprus: 2,238 personsCyprus2,238Luxembourg: 1,911 personsLuxembourg1,911Malta: 1,776 personsMalta1,776
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 countries2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Germany405,116+4.8%
2France228,593+1.3%
3Poland142,184+0.4%
4Italy96,874+3.1%
5Romania63,182+1.9%
6Spain44,802+5.5%
7Czechia41,198+0.3%
8Hungary38,387+12.1%
9Austria36,255+2.5%
10Netherlands35,134+7.9%
11Sweden35,070-6.6%
12Bulgaria32,938+2%
13Greece30,345-0.9%
14Belgium22,171+1.2%
15Slovakia17,584+1.6%
16Portugal16,161+15.3%
17Denmark15,388+20%
18Croatia14,810+0.8%
19Finland14,254+1.7%
20Lithuania12,557+4.1%
21Ireland12,169+4.7%
22Latvia9,418-3.5%
23Slovenia8,734+0.7%
24Estonia5,375+5.8%
25Cyprus2,238+1.2%
26Luxembourg1,911+2.2%
27Malta1,776n/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, 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (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 405,116 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Malta, with 1,776 in 2022.

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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.

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