The number of countries participating in the renewable energy market is increasing but most of the jobs created to date have been in a relatively small number of countries.

In 2020-21, India created 863,000 green jobs, of which 217,000 were in solar photovoltaic vertical and 414,000 in hydropower, a joint report published by International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Labour Organization titled 'Renewable Energy and Jobs -- Annual Review 2022' said.