EU: employment in the automotive sector by 2020

1.5% of GDP. Accounting for 1.5% of the EU’s GDP, the auto industry employs about 2.4 million people, i.e. “6.5% of the total employed in manufacturing or just over 1% of total employed in the EU economy as a whole.” This level of employment is three times higher if direct service or subcontracting jobs are taken into account. While, over the last decade, employment increased of 23% in the EU, this rate is quite different from one country to the other, with the new Member States recording the highest increases.
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1.5% of GDP. Accounting for 1.5% of the EU’s GDP, the auto industry employs about 2.4 million people, i.e. “6.5% of the total employed in manufacturing or just over 1% of total employed in the EU economy as a whole.” This level of employment is three times higher if direct service or subcontracting jobs are taken into account. While, over the last decade, employment increased of 23% in the EU, this rate is quite different from one country to the other, with the new Member States recordin

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