Employment, Domestic Concept (Quarterly, SCA)
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.EMP.LEVEL.Q
National accounts employment, employees plus self-employed, all industries. Domestic concept differs from residence-based labour-force survey employment. Seasonally and calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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Sorted by value, highest first. Each row keeps its own period, and national definitions can differ, so the order is not a like for like ranking.
| # | Country or area | Value (thousand persons) | Period | Status | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (EU27) | 221,428.4 | 2026-Q2 | History | ||
| Euro area (EA21) | 176,535.7 | 2026-Q2 | History | ||
| Euro area (EA20) | 172,937.7 | 2026-Q2 | History | ||
| 1 | GermanyDEU | 45,639.0 | 2026-Q3 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 2 | ItalyITA | 27,132.9 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 3 | SpainESP | 23,201.7 | 2026-Q3 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 4 | NetherlandsNLD | 10,381.0 | 2026-Q3 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 5 | RomaniaROU | 8,238.0 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 6 | SwedenSWE | 5,513.7 | 2026-Q3 | History | |
| 7 | BelgiumBEL | 5,138.7 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 8 | HungaryHUN | 4,809.9 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 9 | AustriaAUT | 4,716.9 | 2026-Q3 | History | |
| 10 | BulgariaBGR | 3,603.3 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 11 | SerbiaSRB | 3,356.8 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 12 | DenmarkDNK | 3,271.1 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 13 | NorwayNOR | 3,033.0 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 14 | IrelandIRL | 2,824.5 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 15 | FinlandFIN | 2,703.3 | 2026-Q3 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 16 | SlovakiaSVK | 2,428.4 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 17 | CroatiaHRV | 1,744.9 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 18 | LithuaniaLTU | 1,491.7 | 2026-Q3 | History | |
| 19 | SloveniaSVN | 1,102.9 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 20 | LatviaLVA | 916.1 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 21 | North MacedoniaMKD | 716.1 | 2026-Q2 | Estimated (E) | History |
| 22 | EstoniaEST | 690.5 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 23 | LuxembourgLUX | 531.0 | 2026-Q3 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 24 | CyprusCYP | 527.1 | 2026-Q2 | History | |
| 25 | MontenegroMNE | 334.3 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
| 26 | IcelandISL | 224.8 | 2026-Q2 | Provisional (P) | History |
Source: Eurostat. 29 geographies, periods 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.