Green jobs are jobs where at least 10% of tasks directly support sustainable development Green
Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Proportion of green jobs
Partially green
Civil Engineers
Non-green
Accountants
Wind Energy Project Managers
Recyclable Material Collectors
Transportation and Systems Inspectors
Sales Managers
Plumbers
Extraction Workers
Share of jobs with at least 10% green tasks across regions (selected countries)
Spain Germany Portugal France
Småland with Islands
Northern Norway
Normandy
Autonomous Region of the Azores
Saxony - Anhalt
OECD
0 Australia
La Rioja
Italy
Province of Bolzano - Bozen
Tasmania
South
Dakota
Emilia - Romagna
Victoria
Stockholm 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 United States
District of Columbia
National average Lowest region Top region
In
of OECD countries, the capital region has the largest share of green jobs Around 18% of workers in the OECD have jobs with a significant share of green tasks.
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Women are significantly under-represented in green jobs
to 20% more
Share of green jobs (and non-green) located in each size category of firms, 2021 or last year available
Online job vacancies rose by 30 percentage points more for green jobs than for other jobs since before the pandemic
