Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 30,981 in United States; the lowest is 31.97 in Brunei.
The median across all reporting countries is 397.8, and the mean is 2,051.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 969.
Employment in STEM occupations: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 30,981 | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 5,697 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | France | 5,432 | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 3,978 | 2026 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 3,157 | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 6 | Turkey | 2,711 | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 2,396 | 2025 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 1,226 | 2025 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1,170 | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 879.57 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 857.35 | 2025 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 834.25 | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 13 | Israel | 769.54 | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 14 | Greece | 490.85 | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 15 | Slovakia | 404.14 | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 397.8 | 2025 | up 99.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 354.96 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 18 | Serbia | 321.21 | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 256.77 | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 185.85 | 2025 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 154.84 | 2025 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 22 | Uruguay | 146.97 | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 142.94 | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 24 | Mongolia | 134.59 | 2025 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 103.81 | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 26 | Rwanda | 101.71 | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 27 | Cambodia | 96.64 | 2019 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 28 | Albania | 70.39 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 67.08 | 2024 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 30 | Kosovo | 43.6 | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei | 31.97 | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. The employed comprise all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were in one of the following categories: a) paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work); or b) self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.