In 2021, 6.0 million people aged 15-64 years old in the EU worked in the transport sector (3.1% of total employment in the EU). Of these, the vast majority were male (82.9% versus 17.1% female). Nine in every ten people (89.6%) employed in transport worked in land transport (such as road or rail), while 5.7% worked in air transport and 4.7% in water transport (inland waterways or maritime). Among the EU countries, the largest number of people employed in the transport sector in 2021 were in France (842 thousand, 13.9% of the EU total), Poland (792 thousand, 13.1%), Germany (689 thousand, 11.4%), Spain and Italy (627 thousand and 626 thousand, respectively; each 10.4%). The smallest number of employed people were in Cyprus and Malta (5 and 6 thousand, respectively; each 0.1%). (....)