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
01. Walmart, Inc. 2.3 million 2022  United States
02. China Railway 2 million 2013  China
03. Ministry of Public Security  1.9 million 2016  China
04. McDonald's Corporation  1.9 million 2015  United States
05. UK National Health Service 1.7 million 2015  United Kingdom
06. China National Petroleum Corporation 1.6 million 2015  China
07. Amazon.com, Inc. 1.5 million 2022  United States [2]
08. State Grid Corporation of China 1.5 million 2015  China
09. Foxconn 1.3 million 2021  Taiwan
10. Indian Railways 1.38 million 2021  India [3]
11. Ministry of National Education of France 1.2 million 2020  France [4]
12. National Health Service (England) 1.2 million 2020  United Kingdom [5][6]

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
Rank Employer Country Employees
1 China National Petroleum  China 1,242,245
2 Tata Group  India 935,000
3 State Grid  China 896,360
4 Accenture  Ireland 738,000
5 China Post Group
6 United States Postal Service  United States 569,987
7 Sinopec Group  China 553,833

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2020".
  2. ^ "Top companies by full-time employees". Companies Market Cap. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Indian Railways Year Book 2020-21" (PDF).
  4. ^ "L'éducation nationale en chiffres 2020". Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. ^ "NHS Workforce Statistics - November 2020 (Including selected provisional statistics for December 2020)". NHS Digital. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Largest companies in the world based on number of employees 2020".
  7. ^ a b "Global 500". Fortune.
  8. ^ "Tata Group Business Overview". Tata Group.

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