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There were 26.52 million employees and 4.61 million self-employed people. [46] In Q3 2016, there were 28.39 million UK nationals aged 16 and over employed in the UK, up 213,000 on a year ago. 74.9% of all UK nationals aged 16–64 were in employment.
As of September 2018, public sector employees represent 16.5% of all people in paid work, with the remaining 83.5% employed in the private sector. [ 2 ] Employer
In the former Eastern Bloc countries, the public sector in 1989 accounted for between 70% and over 90% of total employment. [5] In China a full 78.3% of the urban labor force were employed in the public sector by 1978, the year the Chinese economic reform was launched, after which the rates dropped.
In the UK in 2021, of the total working population 32.5 million people were employed, there was 4.2% unemployment, and 6.6 million trade union members. The average income was £30,472, and the average working week was 36 hours. [1] United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. [2]
People's Liberation Army: 2.55 China [1] 4 Walmart: 2.30 United States [1] 5 Amazon: 1.61 United States [1] 6 China National Petroleum: 1.45 China [1] 7 National Health Service: 1.38 United Kingdom [1] 8 Foxconn: 1.29 Taiwan [1] 9 Indian Railways: 1.21 India [2] 10 Tata Group: 1.02 India [3]
Employment-to-population ratio, also called the employment rate, [1] is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population (statistics are often given for ages 15 to 64 [2] [3]) that is employed. This includes people that have stopped looking for work. [4]
Agriculture added gross value of £12.18 billion to the economy in 2018, and around 467,000 people were employed in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing. It contributes around 0.5% of the UK's national GDP. [138] Around two-thirds of production by value is devoted to livestock, and one-third to arable crops. [139]
The UK space industry was worth £17.5bn in 2020/21 and employed 48,800 people. Since 2012, the number of space organisations has grown on average nearly 21% per year, with 1,293 organisations reported in 2021.