# Countries by tourism share of employment, 2022

All 42 values come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for 2022, so the places are comparable. 6 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `tourism_employment_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employment in tourism as a percentage of total employment, as each country reports it to the OECD: for most countries, people employed or jobs in the tourism industries (accommodation, food and beverage serving, passenger transport, travel agencies and others); for some, the employment that serves visitors directly.
- Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism employment, percentage of total employment (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, EMP_SH) (https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/oecd
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: OECD. OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism employment, percentage of total employment (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, EMP_SH). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourism-share-of-employment/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Malta | 16.9 |
| 2 | Iceland | 14.9 |
| 3 | Greece | 13.9 |
| 4 | Spain | 12.9 |
| 5 | Ireland | 11.7 |
| 6 | Portugal | 10.3 |
| 7 | Japan | 9 |
| 8 | Hungary | 8.9 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 8.1 |
| 10 | Belgium | 7.4 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 7.3 |
| 12 | Latvia | 7.2 |
| 13 | Mexico | 7.1 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 7 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 6.9 |
| 16 | Chile | 6.7 |
| 16 | Serbia | 6.7 |
| 18 | Croatia | 6.5 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 6 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 5.6 |
| 21 | Argentina | 5.5 |
| 22 | Romania | 5.3 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 5.2 |
| 24 | Finland | 5 |
| 25 | South Africa | 4.7 |
| 26 | Lithuania | 4.5 |
| 27 | Australia | 4.3 |
| 28 | Germany | 4.2 |
| 29 | Czechia | 4.1 |
| 30 | Brazil | 4 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 4 |
| 32 | Austria | 3.9 |
| 33 | United States | 3.7 |
| 34 | Denmark | 3.3 |
| 34 | Türkiye | 3.3 |
| 36 | Canada | 3.2 |
| 36 | Colombia | 3.2 |
| 36 | Estonia | 3.2 |
| 36 | Israel | 3.2 |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 41 | Sweden | 2.5 |
| 42 | South Korea | 1.5 |