STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment by country
STAN database is primarily based on Member countries' Annual National Accounts by economic activity tables, compiled according to the recommendations of System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008). The database provides annual measures of output, value added and its components, labour input, investment and capital...
What the numbers show
STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 285,643 Hours in United States; the lowest is 322.77 Hours in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,534 Hours, and the mean is 28,352 Hours.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 885.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 56.7%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 1.6%).
STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 285,643 Hours | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 1 | Mexico | 129,249 Hours | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 61,259 Hours | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 55,891 Hours | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 51,330 Hours | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 46,042 Hours | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 34,805 Hours | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | France | 45,372 Hours | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 14,906 Hours | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 36,159 Hours | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 35,903 Hours | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 2,821 Hours | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 8 | Australia | 24,898 Hours | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Slovenia | 1,747 Hours | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 10,274 Hours | 2025 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 1,686 Hours | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 10 | Greece | 10,224 Hours | 2024 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 1,166 Hours | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 9,559 Hours | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 12 | Israel | 8,729 Hours | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 8,534 Hours | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 8,114 Hours | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 8,106 Hours | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 16 | Hungary | 8,038 Hours | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 7,195 Hours | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 4,960 Hours | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 19 | Ireland | 4,533 Hours | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 4,502 Hours | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 4,456 Hours | 2025 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 22 | Finland | 4,247 Hours | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 23 | Norway | 4,175 Hours | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 760.64 Hours | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 25 | Iceland | 322.77 Hours | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 53,147 Hours
- Slovak Republic 3,929 Hours
About this data
STAN database is primarily based on Member countries' Annual National Accounts by economic activity tables, compiled according to the recommendations of System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008). The database provides annual measures of output, value added and its components, labour input, investment and capital stock at a relatively detailed level of activity across countries. Previous versions of STAN (from 2000) were based on SNA93 statistics. Missing data are estimated using other sources such as national industrial surveys/censuses. Time series are extended back to the 1970's where possible. This is done using vintage SNA93 or STAN estimates. In STAN, many data points are Secretariat's estimates and are flagged to the attention of users; as such, they do not represent official Member countries' submissions. STAN industry list is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev. 4) and covers sufficient detail to highlight technology and digital-intensive sectors. Earlier versions of STAN were using ISIC Rev. 3 and, prior to 2000, ISIC Rev. 2 (the latter only covering the manufacturing industries). • Structure • Documentation Note that STAN is updated on a rolling basis as national data become available. Please, send comments or questions directly to stan.contact@oecd.org.