WORLD’S BIGGEST EMPLOYERS

If you had to guess, who would you say are the world’s five biggest employers ? Would they include any food and drink companies ? The Financial Times printed a top five on 23rd June, sourced from ONS and Labour Force Survey:

1. People’s Liberation Army, China 2.26 million
2. Wal-Mart, United States 2.10 million
3. National Health Service, United Kingdom 1.56 million
4. Indian railways 1.41 million
5. Indian army 1.13 million

So Wal-Mart is by far the world’s largest private sector employer, with food and drink making a major contribution. By comparison, the world’s largest food and drink producer Nestlé has 283,000 employees.