Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2022, Germany ranked the highest in number of bank employees with 575,508 persons followed by France and Italy. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 5,069 persons, Estonia with 5,733 persons and Latvia with 6,209 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Bank Employees indicator page.
Number of Bank Employees | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Austria | persons | 71,927 | 71,798 | 71,479 | 70,226 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | persons | 53,059 | 51,758 | 50,458 | 48,924 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Czechia | persons | 41,888 | 41,864 | 41,595 | 40,713 | 39,715 | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark | persons | 42,240 | 41,737 | 41,681 | 41,267 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
France | persons | 409,925 | 404,555 | 403,726 | 402,899 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Germany | persons | 597,319 | 584,688 | 572,662 | 575,508 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Greece | persons | 41,707 | 39,383 | 36,727 | 33,097 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | persons | 38,885 | 39,434 | 39,659 | 38,609 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Italy | persons | 281,928 | 274,056 | 280,219 | 273,669 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | persons | 75,215 | 72,199 | 59,690 | 62,393 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Poland | persons | 164,390 | 162,565 | 156,887 | 149,003 | 143,049 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Portugal | persons | 50,794 | 50,866 | 50,771 | 49,719 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Romania | persons | 55,044 | 53,737 | 53,106 | 52,650 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Spain | persons | 183,053 | 179,054 | 173,447 | 171,432 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | persons | 41,271 | 42,886 | 44,620 | 46,794 | ... | ... | ... |