India's ministry of defence is the world's biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which includes combined active service personnel, reservists and civilian staff, according to a report in
Statista.
A close second to the Indian defence ministry is the US department of defence which employs 2.91 million people, according to the Statista infographic on employers with the largest workforces worldwide in 2022.
Statista is a Germany-based private organisation that provides data and statistics about various issues worldwide.
"At the top of the ranking for the world's largest employers is India's ministry of defence. Combining active service personnel, reservists and civilian staff, the total headcount comes to 2.92 million -- a touch ahead of the United States equivalent, the department of defence," the report said.
In China, the People's Liberation Army, which doesn't include civilian positions, employs around 2.5 million people, the Hamburg-based firm specialising in market and consumer data said.
"The Chinese equivalent of the US department of defence, the central military commission may have as many as 6.8 million people in its employment, though that figure was not deemed sufficiently reliable to be included in this list," the report adds. -- ANI