List of largest employers
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The largest employers in the world include companies, militaries, and governments.
Largest employers[edit]
Companies and institutions are included in this list.[1]
| Rank | Employer | Employees | Year | Country | References |
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| 01. | Walmart, Inc. | 2.3 million | 2022 |  United States
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| 02. | China Railway | 2 million | 2013 |  China
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| 03. | Ministry of Public Security | 1.9 million | 2016 | China
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| 04. | McDonald's Corporation | 1.9 million | 2015 | United States
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| 05. | UK National Health Service | 1.7 million | 2015 |  United Kingdom
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| 06. | China National Petroleum Corporation | 1.6 million | 2015 | China
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| 07. | Amazon.com, Inc. | 1.5 million | 2022 | United States
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| 08. | State Grid Corporation of China | 1.5 million | 2015 | China
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| 09. | Foxconn | 1.3 million | 2021 |  Taiwan
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| 10. | Indian Railways | 1.38 million | 2021 |  India
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| 11. | Ministry of National Education of France | 1.2 million | 2020 |  France
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| 12. | National Health Service (England) | 1.2 million | 2020 | United Kingdom
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Largest private and semiprivate employers[edit]
The rankings below are the six private-sector and semiprivate companies providing the most jobs worldwide, according to a list published in 2021 by Fortune magazine.[7] The Tata Group of companies, which collectively employ over 720,000 people,[8] is not listed by Fortune as a single enterprise.[7]
| Private and semiprivate companies with the most employees in the world | |||
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| Rank | Employer | Country | Employees |
| 1 | China National Petroleum | China
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1,242,245 |
| 2 | Tata Group | India
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935,000 |
| 3 | State Grid | China
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896,360 |
| 4 | Accenture |  Ireland
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738,000 |
| 5 | China Post Group | ||
| 6 | United States Postal Service | United States
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569,987 |
| 7 | Sinopec Group | China
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553,833 |
See also[edit]
- Fortune Global 500
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of multinational corporations
- List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of largest financial services companies by revenue
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of largest technology companies by revenue
- List of private-equity firms
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of largest corporate profits and losses
- Lists of occupations
- List of types of tradesman
- Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia
- List of largest United States–based employers globally
- List of wealthiest organizations
References[edit]
- ^ "Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2020".
- ^ "Top companies by full-time employees". Companies Market Cap. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Indian Railways Year Book 2020-21" (PDF).
- ^ "L'éducation nationale en chiffres 2020". Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "NHS Workforce Statistics - November 2020 (Including selected provisional statistics for December 2020)". NHS Digital. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2020".
- ^ a b "Global 500". Fortune.
- ^ "Tata Group Business Overview". Tata Group.