STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Employees 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 — Employees is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 270,380 Hours in Japan; the lowest is 309.24 Hours in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,320 Hours, and the mean is 26,022 Hours.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 874.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 42.0%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 5.1%).
STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Employees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 270,380 Hours | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 2 | Mexico | 93,333 Hours | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 54,921 Hours | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | France | 37,425 Hours | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 33,731 Hours | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 33,617 Hours | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 29,826 Hours | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 8 | Colombia | 27,165 Hours | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 9 | Portugal | 8,824 Hours | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 8,160 Hours | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 11 | Czechia | 7,997 Hours | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 12 | Israel | 7,755 Hours | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 13 | Switzerland | 7,358 Hours | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 7,282 Hours | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 7,172 Hours | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 6,083 Hours | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 6,024 Hours | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 5,226 Hours | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 19 | Denmark | 4,179 Hours | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 20 | New Zealand | 4,044 Hours | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 21 | Norway | 3,925 Hours | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 3,829 Hours | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 3,729 Hours | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 3,553 Hours | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 720.62 Hours | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 309.24 Hours | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States 268,319 Hours
- United Kingdom 48,549 Hours
- Korea 39,832 Hours
- Poland 27,705 Hours
- Netherlands 11,631 Hours
- Slovak Republic 3,213 Hours
- Lithuania 2,500 Hours
- Latvia 1,461 Hours
- Slovenia 1,374 Hours
- Estonia 1,032 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.