France vs Germany: Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total over time
- France
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 61,241 Hours against 46,218 Hours in France, a difference of 15,023 Hours.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times France's.
Across all 30 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
France ranks 5th and Germany ranks 4th of 18 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,048 Hours | 57,865 Hours | 19,817 Hours | Germany |
| 2000s | 40,145 Hours | 57,658 Hours | 17,513 Hours | Germany |
| 2010s | 41,770 Hours | 60,309 Hours | 18,539 Hours | Germany |
| 2020s | 43,990 Hours | 60,727 Hours | 16,736 Hours | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — total, France or Germany?
- Germany, at 61,241 Hours against 46,218 Hours in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — total between France and Germany?
- 15,023 Hours, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do France and Germany rank globally for annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — total?
- France ranks 5th and Germany ranks 4th of 18 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table presents employment by institutional sector: Non-financial Corporations, Financial corporations, General Government, Households and Non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs). For countries where information is available, the table also shows employment data for public corporations. The default view of the table is for persons, but users can select alternative views for jobs and hours using the ‘Unit of measure’ filter. Employment covers employees and self-employed people. This table shows total employment according to the domestic concept, which is defined by the location of the producer unit: employees are residents and non-residents employed by resident producer units; and self-employed people are resident and non-resident self-employed people in resident producer units. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE3 dataset. See ANA Changes for information on changes in methodology: ANA Changes Explore also the GDP and non-financial accounts webpage: GDP and non-financial accounts webpage OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org