ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany

Germany: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per was 38.23 No in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
38.23 No
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
59th
of 91 countries
All-time high
47.45 No
in 1996
All-time low
38.23 No
in 2024
Years of data
32
1993–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany, 1993–2024

010203040501993200820241993: 46.9 No1994: 47 No1995: 46.2 No1996: 47.5 No1997: 46.2 No1998: 46.3 No1999: 46.6 No2000: 46.8 No2001: 45.8 No2002: 45.3 No2003: 44.3 No2004: 44.5 No2005: 43.1 No2006: 42.3 No2007: 43.3 No2008: 41.6 No2009: 43.2 No2010: 42.6 No2011: 45.3 No2012: 41.8 No2013: 41.6 No2014: 41.4 No2015: 41.1 No2016: 40.9 No2017: 40.5 No2018: 41 No2019: 40.1 No2020: 39.9 No2021: 39.4 No2022: 39.4 No2023: 38.8 No2024: 38.2 No

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.

Analysis

Germany recorded 38.23 No for ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany peaked at 47.45 No in 1996 and was at its lowest, 38.23 No, in 2024.

Germany ranks 59th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value in Germany, 1993 to 2024.
Year No Change
1993 46.85 No
1994 46.95 No +0.2%
1995 46.2 No -1.6%
1996 47.45 No +2.7%
1997 46.17 No -2.7%
1998 46.34 No +0.4%
1999 46.63 No +0.6%
2000 46.8 No +0.4%
2001 45.77 No -2.2%
2002 45.28 No -1.1%
2003 44.34 No -2.1%
2004 44.54 No +0.5%
2005 43.13 No -3.2%
2006 42.32 No -1.9%
2007 43.27 No +2.2%
2008 41.56 No -4.0%
2009 43.18 No +3.9%
2010 42.65 No -1.2%
2011 45.32 No +6.3%
2012 41.77 No -7.8%
2013 41.64 No -0.3%
2014 41.41 No -0.6%
2015 41.08 No -0.8%
2016 40.92 No -0.4%
2017 40.48 No -1.1%
2018 41.02 No +1.3%
2019 40.15 No -2.1%
2020 39.9 No -0.6%
2021 39.37 No -1.3%
2022 39.38 No +0.0%
2023 38.82 No -1.4%
2024 38.23 No -1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 46.66 No 46.17 No 47.45 No 7
2000s 44.02 No 41.56 No 46.8 No 10
2010s 41.64 No 40.15 No 45.32 No 10
2020s 39.14 No 38.23 No 39.9 No 5

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 56 Palestine, State of 38.47 No compare
  2. 57 Croatia 38.42 No compare
  3. 58 Hungary 38.31 No compare
  4. 60 Mexico 38.2 No compare
  5. 61 New Zealand 38 No compare
  6. 62 Dominican Republic 37.96 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany?
Ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in Germany was 38.23 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 47.45 No in 1996.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 38.23 No in 2024.
How does Germany rank for ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per?
Germany ranks 59th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Germany data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
100 places, 2,038 data points, 1969–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.