Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020) by country

Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.04 million
Italy
Lowest
4,154
Iceland
Median
66,472
Years covered
16
2005–2020
Data points
520

What the numbers show

Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.04 million in Italy; the lowest is 4,154 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 66,472, and the mean is 183,705.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 251.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 110.5%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 22.5%).

Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 1.04 million 2020 down 11.1% falling
2 Spain 725,581 2020 down 5.0% falling
3 France 697,283 2020 up 6.3% rising
4 Germany 542,120 2020 down 4.3% rising
5 Poland 530,930 2020 up 1.2% falling
6 United Kingdom 399,776 2018 up 7.7% flat
7 Netherlands 278,018 2020 up 43.7% rising
8 Czechia 224,407 2020 down 3.2% rising
9 Greece 221,763 2020 down 22.5% falling
10 Portugal 215,033 2020 down 14.5% falling
11 Romania 174,754 2020 down 3.9% falling
12 Belgium 144,610 2020 up 1.0% flat
13 Bulgaria 138,125 2020 down 2.1% rising
14 Hungary 137,046 2020 down 3.1% falling
15 Sweden 113,084 2020 down 11.1% falling
16 Slovak Republic 102,841 2020 down 16.5% volatile
17 Austria 76,938 2020 up 3.4% flat
18 Lithuania 56,007 2020 up 12.9% rising
19 Norway 47,933 2020 down 6.6% falling
20 Ireland 46,792 2020 down 0.1% rising
21 Denmark 40,496 2020 down 10.1% falling
22 Finland 39,580 2020 down 15.9% falling
23 Croatia 35,393 2020 down 22.4% falling
24 Switzerland 31,566 2020 down 12.0% falling
25 Serbia 29,975 2020 β€” falling
26 Slovenia 25,787 2020 up 6.1% rising
27 Latvia 25,272 2020 up 0.9% rising
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,673 2020 up 110.5% rising
29 North Macedonia 22,618 2019 down 7.6% falling
30 Estonia 18,359 2020 up 42.8% rising
31 Cyprus 16,895 2020 down 0.3% flat
32 Malta 8,297 2020 down 14.3% falling
33 Luxembourg 7,640 2020 up 2.5% rising
34 Iceland 4,154 2020 up 7.6% rising

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Indicator
Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) (2005-2020)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 520 data points, 2005–2020
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