Germany (2025)
1,332.2
hours per year
-0.2% YoY
YoY Change
-0.2%
hours per year
Trend
down
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Germany Average Annual Hours Worked (2025) — source data. OECD.
Year hours per year YoY Change
2025 1,332.2 -0.2%
2024 1,334.4 -0.3%
2023 1,338.8 -0.3%
2022 1,343.4 +0.2%
2021 1,341.2 +2.1%
2020 1,313.6 -4.3%
2019 1,372 -0.6%
2018 1,380.7 -0.5%
2017 1,388.2 -0.5%
2016 1,395.8 -0.4%
2015 1,401.6 +0.1%
2014 1,400 +0.3%
2013 1,395.7 -0.7%
2012 1,406 -1.5%
2011 1,427.2 +0.1%
2010 1,425.4 +1.3%
2009 1,406.8 -2.8%
2008 1,446.9 -0.5%
2007 1,453.9 +0.1%
2006 1,452.4 +1.4%

About this Dataset

Germany recorded 1,332.2 hours per year in 2025. The latest change was -2.2. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 1,313.6 in 2020 to 1,464.5 in 2000.

This page tracks average annual hours actually worked per worker in Germany, covering all people in employment rather than employees only. Compare against the OECD average of roughly 1,736 hours. Note that cross-country differences are driven as much by part-time share and holiday entitlement as by how hard full-timers work, so read the level alongside the part-time rate.

Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks average annual hours actually worked per worker in Germany, covering all people in employment rather than employees only. Compare against the OECD average of roughly 1,736 hours. Note that cross-country differences are driven as much by part-time share and holiday entitlement as by how hard full-timers work, so read the level alongside the part-time rate. It is published by OECD and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 1,464.5 hours per year in 2000 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1,313.6 in 2020. The latest reading of 1,332.2 in 2025 represents a change of -2.2.