Renewable Energy - Job Creation • Renewable energy plays an increasingly important role for improving energy access. GOGLA and Vivid Economics (2018) estimated direct off-grid solar employment in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia at 372 ooo full-time equivalent jobs. 56% of these jobs are located in rural areas and 27% are filled by women. Thousandjob (met det me 1400 South Asia 1200 Central Africa 1,000 West Africa East Africa 1100 600 150 400 350 200 0 2018 2022 (pro) SL4 and 20 https://www.irena.org/benefits/Job-Creation Renewable Energy - Job Creation • Employment remains concentrated in a handful of countries, with China, Brazil, the United States, India and members of the European Union in the lead. Asian countries' share remained at 60% of the global total. China EU Jobs (housando United States of America 1235 (4 078 Germany 291 (855) India Brazil 719 Japan North 1125 00000 CO IRENA 11 milan jobs in 20 ded