Water collection, treatment and supply

Which countries lead the world in employment of water collection, treatment and supply? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Water collection, treatment and supply — 78 countries (employees)
1	China	444,000
2	Russia	225,507
3	Mexico	114,102
4	Ukraine	65,603
5	Indonesia	60,096
6	Spain	46,086
7	Vietnam	43,504
8	Bangladesh	41,000
9	Germany	37,698
10	Australia	37,100
11	Philippines	36,681
12	Italy	36,262
13	Romania	34,883
14	Kazakhstan	32,448
15	Turkey	28,605
16	Poland	27,461
17	Uzbekistan	24,594
18	France	23,288
19	Serbia	20,300
20	United States of America	18,169
21	Saudi Arabia	18,058
22	South Korea	17,454
23	Czechia	17,311
24	Peru	16,557
25	Hungary	15,600
26	Bulgaria	15,431
27	Portugal	14,935
28	Tanzania	12,500
29	Belarus	11,982
30	Dominican Rep.	11,808
31	Sri Lanka	9,795
32	Mongolia	8,098
33	Nepal	8,060
34	Ghana	8,029
35	Ecuador	8,012
36	Slovakia	7,972
37	Albania	7,880
38	Bosnia and Herz.	7,451
39	Belgium	7,310
40	Georgia	7,271
41	Croatia	6,992
42	Taiwan	6,431
43	Greece	6,113
44	Netherlands	6,010
45	Nicaragua	5,977
46	North Macedonia	5,900
47	Kyrgyzstan	5,861
48	Moldova	4,834
49	Slovenia	4,801
50	Lithuania	4,391
51	Israel	4,230
52	Uruguay	3,991
53	Finland	3,342
54	Paraguay	3,135
55	Sweden	2,696
56	Armenia	2,569
57	Iraq	2,526
58	Montenegro	2,340
59	Angola	1,904
60	Switzerland	1,895
61	Denmark	1,790
62	Austria	1,747
63	New Zealand	1,700
64	Latvia	1,565
65	Jordan	1,540
66	Estonia	1,123
67	Malta	1,107
68	Myanmar	1,017
69	Costa Rica	637
70	Ireland	552
71	eSwatini	543
72	Togo	539
73	Cyprus	416
74	Norway	264
75	Luxembourg	188
76	Zimbabwe	19
77	Brunei	2
78	Iceland	1

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