List of largest employers

Below is the list of largest employers including government-owned companies and institutions in 2022 (various sources).

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Rank	Employer	Country	Employees (millions)	State-owned	Ref
1	Ministry of Defence (India)	India	2.99	Yes	[1]
2	United States Department of Defense	United States	2.91	Yes	[1]
3	People's Liberation Army	China	2.55	Yes	[1]
4	Walmart	United States	2.30	No	[1]
5	Amazon	United States	1.61	No	[1]
6	China National Petroleum	China	1.45	Yes	[1]
7	National Health Service	United Kingdom	1.38	Yes	[1]
8	Foxconn	Taiwan	1.29	No	[1]
9	Indian Railways	India	1.21	Yes	[2]
10	Tata Group	India	1.15	No	[3]

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Following is the list of Fortune Global 500 companies providing the most jobs worldwide, according to a list published in 2023 by Fortune magazine.^[4]

Figures appear to disagree with source, and are not in descending order of size.

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Rank	Employer	Country	Employees (millions)	State-owned
1	Walmart	United States	2.21	No
2	Amazon	United States	1.01	No
3	State Grid	China	1.36	Yes
4	China National Petroleum	China	1.09	Yes
5	BYD Company	China	0.90	No
6	Accenture	Ireland	0.8	No
7	Foxconn	Taiwan	0.76	No
8	China Post Group	China	0.75	Yes
9	Volkswagen Group	Germany	0.68	Partially
10	United States Postal Service	United States	0.63	Yes

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Note: The country shown appears to be where the company is based, and not necessarily where all the employees are based.