In 2022, there were more than 13.7 million direct and indirect renewable energy-related jobs worldwide. Of this amount, some 5.5 million jobs were located in China, making it the country with the highest number of renewable energy-related jobs.
Estimated number of direct and indirect renewable energy-related jobs worldwide in 2022, by select country
(in 1,000s)
*Includes 122,481 jobs in technologies not separately broken down in the table, such as solar heating and cooling, geothermal heat, heat pumps and others. Solar
heating and cooling is also included (but not reported separately) in the Solar Foundation’s estimate on all solar technologies, so there is effectively a small
amount of double counting.
**Figures include an estimate of 200,000 indirect jobs in equipment manufacturing.
***Figures include an estimate of 27,000 jobs in waste to energy and some 240,000 jobs in heat pumps. (of which 118,000 jobs are in China, 116,000 in the EU, and 6,500 jobs in the U.S.)
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