Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex (until 2012) by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
165,928
France
Lowest
1,752
Estonia
Median
12,122
Years covered
43
1970–2012
Data points
709

What the numbers show

Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex (until 2012) is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 165,928 in France; the lowest is 1,752 in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 12,122, and the mean is 32,342.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 36.8%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 76.2%).

Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 165,928 2012 down 5.5% falling
2 Germany 134,702 2010 down 41.6% falling
3 Poland 100,358 2012 down 28.6% falling
4 Italy 71,930 2012 down 26.0% falling
5 Czechia 56,054 2008 down 39.9% falling
6 United Kingdom 56,000 2009 down 49.9% falling
7 Romania 41,340 2009 down 60.8% falling
8 Belgium 38,792 2009 down 6.6% falling
9 Hungary 38,505 2012 down 30.8% falling
10 Switzerland 32,281 2010 down 9.6% falling
11 Slovak Republic 27,595 2012 down 36.8% falling
12 Spain 27,043 2012 down 13.9% falling
13 Bulgaria 23,392 2012 up 23.3% falling
14 Sweden 14,588 2011 down 2.3% falling
15 Austria 12,122 2011 down 76.2% volatile
16 Croatia 11,510 2012 down 28.4% falling
17 Netherlands 11,300 2000 down 57.7% falling
18 Lithuania 10,505 2011 down 26.7% falling
19 Denmark 9,705 2000 down 54.2% falling
20 Finland 8,514 2012 down 24.6% falling
21 Slovenia 8,179 2012 down 7.0% falling
22 Norway 8,055 2012 up 36.8% falling
23 Portugal 6,509 2012 down 39.0% falling
24 Greece 6,199 2009 down 40.1% falling
25 Latvia 4,657 2012 down 65.3% falling
26 Ireland 4,234 2012 down 26.0% volatile
27 Luxembourg 3,575 2008 falling
28 North Macedonia 2,582 2012 down 33.0% falling
29 Estonia 1,752 2012 down 60.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex (until 2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
30 places, 709 data points, 1970–2012
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