Canada vs Germany: Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment

Canada
19,350 Persons
in 2024
Germany
38,822 Persons
in 2025
Canada rank
9th
Germany rank
6th

Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment over time

  • Canada
  • Germany
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k195519902025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 38,822 Persons against 19,350 Persons in Canada, a difference of 19,472 Persons.

That makes Germany's figure about 2.0 times Canada's.

Across all 67 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 9th and Germany ranks 6th of 33 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Germany Difference Ahead
1950s 4,611 Persons 19,281 Persons 14,669 Persons Germany
1960s 5,693 Persons 20,802 Persons 15,109 Persons Germany
1970s 8,199 Persons 22,283 Persons 14,084 Persons Germany
1980s 10,588 Persons 23,297 Persons 12,708 Persons Germany
1990s 11,910 Persons 31,551 Persons 19,641 Persons Germany
2000s 14,429 Persons 32,529 Persons 18,100 Persons Germany
2010s 16,377 Persons 35,881 Persons 19,504 Persons Germany
2020s 18,537 Persons 38,219 Persons 19,683 Persons Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment, Canada or Germany?
Germany, at 38,822 Persons against 19,350 Persons in Canada as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment between Canada and Germany?
19,472 Persons, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Germany?
67 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2024.
How do Canada and Germany rank globally for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment?
Canada ranks 9th and Germany ranks 6th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 2,002 data points, 1955–2025
Last refreshed

The dataflow "Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow shows the number of employees broken down by economic activities (ISIC Rev. 4). Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes. Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 2 are also available from 1970 to 2014 Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 3 are available from 1983 to 2023. Data for Canada are currently only available in ISIC Rev. 3