The source adds the following information: The data cover the 'non-financial business economy', which includes industry, construction, trade, and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The following size-class definitions are applied: micro firms (0-9 persons employed), small firms (10-49 persons employed), medium-sized firms (50-249 persons employed), and large firms (250+ persons employed). The advantage of using Eurostat data is that the statistics are harmonised and comparable across countries. The disadvantage is that for some countries the data may be different from those published by national authorities.
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Number of people employed by businesses in the EU in 2024, by country
There were estimated to be over million people employed by enterprises in the non-financial business economy in Germany in 2024, by far the most of any other country in the European Union. Malta had the fewest number of people employed in businesses in the European Union, reaching at **.
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