There were approximately 779,000 biomass energy related jobs worldwide in the 2021/2022 period. The region with the highest employment numbers was the European Union, where there were around 354,000 direct and indirect biomass related jobs.
Estimated number of direct and indirect solid biomass energy-related jobs worldwide in 2021/2022, by region
(in 1,000s)
Figures include power and heat applications and exclude traditional biomass.
* Includes 34,164 jobs for woody biomass fuels and 12,850 jobs for biomass power.
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