Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total employment by country
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...
What the numbers show
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total employment is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 5.58 million Hours in Bulgaria; the lowest is 55.89 Hours in United Kingdom.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,265 Hours, and the mean is 268,982 Hours.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 99,773.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 33.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 1.5%).
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 5.58 million Hours | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 2,815 Hours | 2024 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 2 | United States | 267,472 Hours | 2016 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 2 | Croatia | 3,448 Hours | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 2 | Slovenia | 1,787 Hours | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 102,750 Hours | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 3 | Latvia | 1,674 Hours | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 61,241 Hours | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 1,169 Hours | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 5 | France | 46,218 Hours | 2024 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 6 | Italy | 46,042 Hours | 2025 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 7 | Romania | 15,290 Hours | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 8 | Greece | 10,392 Hours | 2024 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 9 | Portugal | 10,275 Hours | 2025 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 10 | Czechia | 9,902 Hours | 2025 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 11 | Belgium | 8,081 Hours | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 7,265 Hours | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 4,533 Hours | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 4,415 Hours | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 4,252 Hours | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 757.12 Hours | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 321.3 Hours | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 55.89 Hours | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 3,961 Hours
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