Energy sector in Europe

In 2006, the roughly 22 thousand enterprises in the EU-27's energy sector generated turnover of approximately €885 billion and employed over 1.2 million persons, that is 3% of the total industrial workforce. At the same time, these enterprises generated a value added of €180 billion, 9% of total industry. Between 2000 and 2006, apparent labour productivity increased by 57% and the total number of enterprises in the energy sector increased by 52%. In this period, the highest increase in the total number of enterprises in the energy sector was observed in Spain, Portugal and Hungary, where there were more than 3 times as many enterprises in 2006 as in 2000. The highest investment rates in the energy sector were reported by Slovakia and Romania, which also posted the highest investment rates in industry as a whole.