Waste collection,treatment,disposal activities

Which countries lead the world in employment of waste collection,treatment,disposal activities? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Waste collection,treatment,disposal activities — 78 countries (employees)
1	United States of America	509,000
2	Germany	208,698
3	France	175,056
4	Italy	167,769
5	Russia	165,237
6	China	161,000
7	Spain	124,190
8	Poland	74,033
9	Vietnam	64,032
10	South Korea	63,179
11	Romania	49,452
12	Turkey	44,784
13	Australia	42,200
14	Thailand	32,575
15	Czechia	30,039
16	Taiwan	24,847
17	Ukraine	24,740
18	Croatia	21,988
19	Portugal	21,390
20	Hungary	20,829
21	Netherlands	20,505
22	Bulgaria	19,688
23	Sweden	17,280
24	Austria	17,229
25	Mexico	16,872
26	Serbia	16,700
27	Ghana	16,143
28	Belgium	16,080
29	Japan	13,716
30	Belarus	13,321
31	Switzerland	11,618
32	Egypt	10,919
33	Uzbekistan	10,327
34	Slovakia	9,638
35	Peru	9,307
36	Israel	9,300
37	Denmark	9,232
38	Norway	8,898
39	Saudi Arabia	8,617
40	Kazakhstan	8,217
41	New Zealand	8,200
42	Greece	7,990
43	Georgia	7,860
44	Ireland	7,454
45	Finland	7,280
46	Lithuania	7,238
47	Ecuador	7,237
48	Bosnia and Herz.	6,083
49	Bangladesh	6,000
50	Slovenia	5,400
51	Philippines	4,756
52	Nepal	4,403
53	North Macedonia	4,290
54	Latvia	3,770
55	Uruguay	3,453
56	Dominican Rep.	2,948
57	Kyrgyzstan	2,851
58	Qatar	2,669
59	Estonia	2,242
60	Montenegro	2,226
61	Costa Rica	2,176
62	Algeria	2,135
63	Moldova	2,116
64	Armenia	2,025
65	Luxembourg	1,319
66	Cyprus	1,312
67	Mongolia	1,059
68	Iceland	886
69	Paraguay	833
70	Panama	778
71	Malta	726
72	Togo	721
73	Brunei	605
74	Sri Lanka	471
75	Jordan	414
76	Tanzania	216
77	eSwatini	120
78	Zimbabwe	69

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