The World Employment Confederation’s Economic Report 2021 shows that the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to the growth that the global private employment services industry was experiencing for the past couple of years. In 2019, the global industry was worth €495 billion – an increase of 5% compared to the prior year – while the first half of 2020 already showed a decrease of 18% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Published on 22nd February 2021
In 2019, the private employment services industry was worth €495 billion – an increase of 5% compared to the prior year. More than 60 million individuals were placed in the labour market by the private employment services industry worldwide. The sector employed over 3 million internal staff in 161,000 agencies located across 41 countries.
Get more facts and figures about the global private employment sector in our Economic Report, with insights into the five HR services – including on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the agency work sector – and the different geographical areas covered by the World Employment Confederation.
