Figure 3
The vertical axis is labeled “Number of employees (in thousands),” ranging from 100 to 2,100 in increments of 200 thousand. The horizontal axis shows the eight European sea basins: Adriatic-Ionian Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, East Mediterranean, Mediterranean, North Sea, and West Mediterranean. The box plots show the distribution of employee numbers for each sea basin over the specified period. The Mediterranean Sea box plot is the highest, indicating the highest number of employees, with a median of around 1,650 thousand. The Atlantic Ocean and West Mediterranean box plots are in the middle, with their medians around 1250 thousand and 1,150 thousand, respectively. The North Sea and Adriatic-Ionian Sea box plots are lower, with medians around 780 thousand and 820 thousand, respectively. The East Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea box plots show lower numbers of employees, with medians around 150 thousand and 250 thousand, respectively. The Baltic Sea box plot is very narrow and low, indicating a consistently low number of employees of around 650 thousand. The boxes represent the interquartile range (I Q R), and the lines extending from the boxes (whiskers) show the range of the data. Note: All numerical values are approximated.Participation of the eight European sea basins in the creation of blue jobs (2009–2017). Source: Authors’ own elaboration; data from EU Blue Indicators (Blue Indicators, 2020)