Long usual weekly working hours — Employment in OECD
OECD: Long usual weekly working hours — Employment was 75,837 Persons in 2025. ▼ Falling
Long usual weekly working hours — Employment in OECD, 2002–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
In 2025, long usual weekly working hours — employment in OECD stood at 75,837 Persons. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, long usual weekly working hours — employment in OECD peaked at 102,002 Persons in 2006 and was at its lowest, 75,837 Persons, in 2025.
That places OECD 1st out of 40 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Long usual weekly working hours — Employment in OECD, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 99,451 Persons | — |
| 2003 | 100,276 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 98,235 Persons | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 101,582 Persons | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 102,002 Persons | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 100,385 Persons | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 98,711 Persons | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 94,124 Persons | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 96,062 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 95,962 Persons | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 97,353 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 95,046 Persons | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 95,605 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 95,415 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 94,122 Persons | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 93,754 Persons | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 91,776 Persons | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 89,921 Persons | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 79,246 Persons | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 80,636 Persons | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 82,584 Persons | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 80,820 Persons | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 77,542 Persons | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 75,837 Persons | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99,346 Persons | 94,124 Persons | 102,002 Persons | 8 |
| 2010s | 94,502 Persons | 89,921 Persons | 97,353 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,444 Persons | 75,837 Persons | 82,584 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 37,610 Persons (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 36,963 Persons (2022)
- Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels 666,682 Persons (2025)
- Unemployed population — Unemployment 34,262 Persons (2024)
- Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,736 Hours per year per person (2025)
- Incidence of unemployment by duration 27.97 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Monthly unemployment levels 34,246 Persons (2024)
- Gender share of part-time employment 65.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 79.66 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Full-time and part-time employment 504,527 Persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is long usual weekly working hours — employment in OECD?
- Long usual weekly working hours — employment in OECD was 75,837 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest long usual weekly working hours — employment recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 102,002 Persons in 2006.
- What is the lowest long usual weekly working hours — employment recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,837 Persons in 2025.
- How does OECD rank for long usual weekly working hours — employment?
- OECD ranks 1st out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is long usual weekly working hours — employment rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Long usual weekly working hours — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on employment by long hour bands (50 and over, 60 and over) for usual weekly hours worked in the main job. Actual hours of work instead of usual hours of work are only available in some countries (Japan and Korea). Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - by sex and age groups. Detailed notes and sources can be found in LFS_NOTES_SOURCES. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates.