China has the highest Mining and quarrying (2024) of any country, at 5,110,000 employees. It is followed by Russia (1,076,206) and United States of America…
| 1 | China | 5,110,000 |
| 2 | Russia | 1,076,206 |
| 3 | United States of America | 586,000 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 546,321 |
| 5 | Australia | 234,700 |
| 6 | Brazil | 231,057 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 196,562 |
| 8 | Canada | 189,823 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 178,503 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 146,293 |
| 11 | Poland | 145,570 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 140,541 |
| 13 | Turkey | 131,659 |
| 14 | Iran | 126,252 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 122,282 |
| 16 | Mexico | 115,778 |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 91,000 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 72,568 |
| 19 | Norway | 71,271 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 65,403 |
| 21 | Egypt | 55,632 |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 55,188 |
| 23 | Ghana | 40,121 |
| 24 | Serbia | 36,900 |
| 25 | Philippines | 36,409 |
| 26 | Germany | 35,484 |
| 27 | Tanzania | 34,313 |
| 28 | Qatar | 33,910 |
| 29 | Ecuador | 30,101 |
| 30 | Romania | 26,632 |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 18,433 |
| 32 | Czechia | 18,356 |
| 33 | Spain | 17,962 |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herz. | 15,772 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 15,771 |
| 36 | France | 15,167 |
| 37 | Italy | 14,740 |
| 38 | Cameroon | 12,907 |
| 39 | Georgia | 12,755 |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,724 |
| 41 | Armenia | 10,837 |
| 42 | Belarus | 10,302 |
| 43 | Portugal | 9,192 |
| 44 | South Korea | 9,102 |
| 45 | Albania | 9,039 |
| 46 | Angola | 8,883 |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 8,460 |
| 48 | Sweden | 8,382 |
| 49 | Netherlands | 8,004 |
| 50 | Nepal | 7,726 |
| 51 | Dominican Rep. | 7,647 |
| 52 | Austria | 7,134 |
| 53 | Tunisia | 6,789 |
| 54 | New Zealand | 6,350 |
| 55 | Brunei | 6,263 |
| 56 | Finland | 6,024 |
| 57 | Peru | 6,022 |
| 58 | Greece | 5,663 |
| 59 | Jordan | 5,663 |
| 60 | Panama | 5,594 |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 5,174 |
| 62 | Oman | 4,809 |
| 63 | Suriname | 4,574 |
| 64 | Switzerland | 4,460 |
| 65 | Slovakia | 4,448 |
| 66 | Israel | 4,000 |
| 67 | Denmark | 3,954 |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 3,916 |
| 69 | Hungary | 3,426 |
| 70 | Latvia | 3,312 |
| 71 | Ireland | 3,308 |
| 72 | Taiwan | 3,038 |
| 73 | Fiji | 2,696 |
| 74 | Lithuania | 2,415 |
| 75 | Togo | 2,408 |
| 76 | Slovenia | 2,265 |
| 77 | Belgium | 2,239 |
| 78 | Estonia | 2,204 |
| 79 | Croatia | 1,917 |
| 80 | Montenegro | 1,865 |
| 81 | Uruguay | 1,787 |
| 82 | Japan | 1,724 |
| 83 | Moldova | 1,520 |
| 84 | Paraguay | 1,123 |
| 85 | Algeria | 988 |
| 86 | MUS | 882 |
| 87 | Cyprus | 586 |
| 88 | eSwatini | 368 |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 257 |
| 90 | Iraq | 250 |
| 91 | Iceland | 161 |
| 92 | Malta | 127 |
| 93 | Hong Kong | 0 |
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