In 2023, there have been 362,400 skilled firefighters within the EU, representing 0.18% of complete EU employment. In contrast with 2022, the variety of firefighters elevated by 3,200.
Among the many 21 EU international locations with out there knowledge, the best shares of firefighters in complete employment have been registered in Croatia (0.49%), adopted by Estonia and Greece (each 0.39%). The bottom shares have been registered within the Netherlands (0.05%), Finland, Slovenia and Sweden (each 0.13%).
On the EU stage, firefighters aged 30 to 49 made up 61% of all firefighters. Amongst them, the biggest subgroups have been these aged 40 to 44 (65,600 firefighters), adopted by these aged 35 to 39 (59,100 firefighters).
Supply dataset: Labour Power Survey extraction
EU governments spent €37.8 billion on fire-protection companies in 2022
In 2022, normal authorities expenditure on ‘fire-protection companies’ within the 27 EU international locations amounted to €37.8 billion, reflecting a 7.8% improve from 2021 (€35.1bn).
The share of normal authorities complete expenditure within the EU devoted to fire-protection companies was 0.5%. General, authorities expenditure on fire-protection companies has remained steady at 0.5% of complete expenditure since 2016.
Supply dataset: gov_10a_exp
In 2022, Denmark reported the bottom share of expenditure on fire-protection companies, at 0.1% of normal authorities complete expenditure, adopted by Malta, Slovenia, Portugal and Austria with 0.3% every.
In distinction, Romania had the best share of expenditure on fire-protection companies at 0.7% of complete expenditure, adopted by Greece, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia and Czechia with 0.6% every.
For extra info
- Thematic part on employment and unemployment (Labour Power Survey – LFS)
- Database on employment and unemployment (Labour Power Survey – LFS)
- Thematic part on authorities finance statistics
- Database on authorities finance statistics
- Interactive infographic on authorities expenditure by perform
- On-line publication on normal authorities expenditure by perform
Methodological notes
- Firefighters confer with the class ‘5411 Firefighters’, as outlined beneath the Worldwide normal classification of occupations (ISCO-08) classification.
- Information on firefighters in 2023 from the EU Labour Power Survey should not proven for Austria, Denmark, Eire, Luxembourg, Malta and Slovakia due to very low reliability.
- Low reliability knowledge of the variety of firefighters for Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.
- In accordance with the methodology of the survey solely folks working of their principal job as firefighters are included; voluntary staff, resembling volunteer firefighters, should not included in employment statistics based mostly on this exercise.
- Common authorities expenditure for the perform ‘fireplace safety companies’ (in accordance with the Classification of the features of presidency – COFOG) relies on nationwide accounts/authorities finance statistics.
- ‘Fireplace safety companies´ is a part of the COFOG division ‘public order and security’. In accordance with the classification, it pertains to the “administration of fireside prevention and firefighting affairs and companies; operation of standard and auxiliary fireplace brigades and of different fireplace prevention and firefighting companies maintained by public authorities; operation or help of fireside prevention and firefighting coaching programmes. It contains civil safety companies resembling mountain rescue, seashore surveillance, evacuation of flooded areas, and many others.”
- Handbook on sources and strategies for the compilation of COFOG statistics — Classification of the Features of Authorities (COFOG)
- Metadata file on authorities expenditure by perform
- Information on authorities expenditure by perform for the EU and euro space aggregates (2022), Belgium (2022), Germany (2020-2022), Spain (2022), France (2021-2022) and Portugal (2022) is provisional.