Global renewable energy sector jobs 2012-2023

Published by Lucía Fernández, Oct 10, 2024

There were approximately 16.2 million jobs in the renewable energy industry worldwide in 2023. Renewable job numbers have been steadily rising over the past decade, increasing from 7.3 million in 2012. The technology with the most number of jobs in 2023 was solar photovoltaics.

Number of renewable energy jobs worldwide from 2012 to 2023 (in millions)

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October 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2012 to 2023

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The statistic was assembled with several editions of the report.

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