EMPLOYMENT IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY

The jobs of at least 1,110,107 Europeans working in auto manufacturing are affected by factory shutdowns, as a result of the current crisis. This is out of a total of 2,6 million direct manufacturing jobs in the EU auto industry.

Note: (in parenthesis motor vehicles production lost)

Source: AECA

1. Germany: 568,518 (359,287)
2. France: 90,000 (113,200)
3. Italy: 69,382 (78,434)
4. Sweden: 67,000 (18,253)
5. United Kingdom: 65,445 (94,717)
6. Spain: 60,000 (237,806)
7. Czech Republic: 45,000 (83,863)
8. Hungary: 30,000 (34,698)
9. Romania: 20,000 (26,124)
10. Slovakia: 20,000 (52,411)
11. Poland: 17,284 (43,521)
12. Belgium: 14,600 (17,635)
13. Austria: 13,307 (16,289)
14. Netherlands: 13,500 (16,511)
15. Portugal: 7,171 (18,117)
16. Finland: 4,500 (11,222)
17. Slovenia: 2,890 (8,950)
18. Croatia: 500