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EU countries by persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation

Germany had the highest persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation of 26 EU countries in 2013, at 206,551. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 1,216. The median was 22,502 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.29 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest206,551Germany
Lowest1,216Luxembourg
Median22,50226 EU countries
European Union (27)1,290,000History

Map of EU countries, 2013

Austria: 20,002 personsBelgium: 27,292 personsBulgaria: 34,097 personsCyprus: 1,669 personsCzechia: 53,519 personsGermany: 206,551 personsDenmark: 10,401 personsEstonia: 3,278 personsSpain: 152,579 personsFinland: 7,946 personsFrance: 158,902 personsGreece: 10,213 personsCroatia: 23,193 personsHungary: 39,987 personsIreland: 7,508 personsItaly: 182,584 personsLithuania: 13,023 personsLuxembourg: 1,216 personsLatvia: 7,557 personsNetherlands: 32,800 personsPoland: 127,562 personsPortugal: 29,945 personsRomania: 87,823 personsSweden: 19,990 personsSlovenia: 9,802 personsSlovakia: 21,810 persons
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persons, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2013

Germany: 206,551 personsGermany206,551Italy: 182,584 personsItaly182,584France: 158,902 personsFrance158,902Spain: 152,579 personsSpain152,579Poland: 127,562 personsPoland127,562Romania: 87,823 personsRomania87,823Czechia: 53,519 personsCzechia53,519Hungary: 39,987 personsHungary39,987Bulgaria: 34,097 personsBulgaria34,097Netherlands: 32,800 personsNetherlands32,800Portugal: 29,945 personsPortugal29,945Belgium: 27,292 personsBelgium27,292Croatia: 23,193 personsCroatia23,193Slovakia: 21,810 personsSlovakia21,810Austria: 20,002 personsAustria20,002Sweden: 19,990 personsSweden19,990Lithuania: 13,023 personsLithuania13,023Denmark: 10,401 personsDenmark10,401Greece: 10,213 personsGreece10,213Slovenia: 9,802 personsSlovenia9,802Finland: 7,946 personsFinland7,946Latvia: 7,557 personsLatvia7,557Ireland: 7,508 personsIreland7,508Estonia: 3,278 personsEstonia3,278Cyprus: 1,669 personsCyprus1,669Luxembourg: 1,216 personsLuxembourg1,216Germany: 206,551 personsGermany206,551Italy: 182,584 personsItaly182,584France: 158,902 personsFrance158,902Spain: 152,579 personsSpain152,579Poland: 127,562 personsPoland127,562Romania: 87,823 personsRomania87,823Czechia: 53,519 personsCzechia53,519Hungary: 39,987 personsHungary39,987Bulgaria: 34,097 personsBulgaria34,097Netherlands: 32,800 personsNetherlands32,800Portugal: 29,945 personsPortugal29,945Belgium: 27,292 personsBelgium27,292Croatia: 23,193 personsCroatia23,193Slovakia: 21,810 personsSlovakia21,810Austria: 20,002 personsAustria20,002Sweden: 19,990 personsSweden19,990Lithuania: 13,023 personsLithuania13,023Denmark: 10,401 personsDenmark10,401Greece: 10,213 personsGreece10,213Slovenia: 9,802 personsSlovenia9,802Finland: 7,946 personsFinland7,946Latvia: 7,557 personsLatvia7,557Ireland: 7,508 personsIreland7,508Estonia: 3,278 personsEstonia3,278Cyprus: 1,669 personsCyprus1,669Luxembourg: 1,216 personsLuxembourg1,216
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2013
persons		Change on 2012
1Germany206,551+1%
2Italy182,5840%
3France158,902-1.5%
4Spain152,579+28.4%
5Poland127,562+2%
6Romania87,823-0%
7Czechia53,519+0.1%
8Hungary39,987-4.7%
9Bulgaria34,097-0.4%
10Netherlands32,800-14%
11Portugal29,945-1.8%
12Belgium27,292+1.6%
13Croatia23,193+8.7%
14Slovakia21,810+1.8%
15Austria20,002+2.6%
16Sweden19,990+2.3%
17Lithuania13,023+1.6%
18Denmark10,401-2.2%
19Greece10,213+4.7%
20Slovenia9,802+1.6%
21Finland Series break7,946-17.6%
22Latvia7,557+5.2%
23Ireland7,508-0.9%
24Estonia3,278-2.9%
25Cyprus1,669+0.4%
26Luxembourg1,216+1.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

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).

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 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), 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), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, 2013) [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), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, 2013. 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-water-waste/eu-countries?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which EU country has the highest persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation?

Germany, with 206,551 in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation?

Luxembourg, with 1,216 in 2013.

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), Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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