Indicator comparison
Range of Hours worked (OECD): 1960–2025. Range of Unemployment: 1991–2025.
Annual hours actually worked and the ILO unemployment rate.
Hours worked (OECD) is time on the job. Unemployment is people without one. Different bases.
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Average annual hours actually worked per employed worker according to OECD statistics.
Unemployment rate as a percentage of the labour force according to the ILO. In Poland it fell from around 20% in 2002 to approximately 3%.
These series use different units. To compare them fairly on a single chart, consider using year-on-year change (YoY) or index (base year = 100).
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Average annual hours actually worked per employed worker according to OECD statistics.
Average annual hours actually worked per worker. OECD labour.
Average annual hours actually worked per employed person from the OECD. See also: Unemployment.
Hours can fall while jobs rise. Pair: Unemployment.
Longseries, “Hours worked (OECD)”. OECD (DF_AVG_ANN_HRS_WKD HW H_Y_PS), 1960–2025, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. OECD Terms and Conditions. Data SHA-256: de1ae342c6eb4e5340bab27774759e63f767d0820fb9cb4abf0772bbf76bd312. https://longseries.com/en/d/oecd-hours-worked/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Korea; lowest — Germany
| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxKorea | 2025 | 1,833 h1.8K h↓−32 h (−1.7%) |
| Czechia | 2025 | 1,823.628 h1.8K h↑+18.4 h (+1.0%) |
| United States | 2025 | 1,800.232 h1.8K h↑+4.3 h (+0.2%) |
| Poland | 2025 | 1,775.994 h1.8K h↓−10.1 h (−0.6%) |
| Italy | 2025 | 1,715.7 h1.7K h↑+0.4 h (0.0%) |
| Canada | 2025 | 1,687 h1.7K h↓−10 h (−0.6%) |
| Australia | 2025 | 1,633 h1.6K h↑+6 h (+0.4%) |
| Japan | 2025 | 1,597.507 h1.6K h↓−19.9 h (−1.2%) |
| United Kingdom | 2025 | 1,532.915 h1.5K h↓−4.8 h (−0.3%) |
| France | 2025 | 1,498.293 h1.5K h↓−11 h (−0.7%) |
| Sweden | 2025 | 1,421.206 h1.4K h↓−12.3 h (−0.9%) |
| ↓Lowest value in the comparable yearminGermany | 2025 | 1,332.2 h1.3K h↓−2.2 h (−0.2%) |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
33 rows for Poland
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Poland
1.9K→1.8K
Poland: 1.9K (1993) → 1.8K (2025). Change of −6.7 % over 32 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of −0.2 % per year.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 1,775.994 h |
| 2024 | Poland | 1,786.059 h |
| 2023 | Poland | 1,806.919 h |
| 2022 | Poland | 1,818.444 h |
| 2021 | Poland | 1,827.92 h |
| 2020 | Poland | 1,779.211 h |
| 2019 | Poland | 1,796.511 h |
| 2018 | Poland | 1,787.329 h |
| 2017 | Poland | 1,811.616 h |
| 2016 | Poland | 1,831.364 h |
| 2015 | Poland | 1,829.159 h |
| 2014 | Poland | 1,822.296 h |
| 2013 | Poland | 1,816.434 h |
| 2012 | Poland | 1,819.688 h |
| 2011 | Poland | 1,824.33 h |
| 2010 | Poland | 1,828.972 h |
| 2009 | Poland | 1,833.614 h |
| 2008 | Poland | 1,847.54 h |
| 2007 | Poland | 1,854.695 h |
| 2006 | Poland | 1,857.342 h |
Unemployment rate as a percentage of the labour force according to the ILO. In Poland it fell from around 20% in 2002 to approximately 3%.
ILO unemployment, % of the labour force, from 1991. Modelled estimates, not only the local LFS.
Unemployment rate based on International Labour Organization (ILO) methodology. Share of unemployed persons in the economically active population. For Poland compare with Registered unemployment (GUS). See also: Labour force participation.
Poland fell from ~20% (2002) to about 3%. Germany and the US hover near 4%. Youth: Youth unemployment. The cycle: GDP growth.
Longseries, “Unemployment”. World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), 1991–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: fe0da4084c7e71969045c34538777be3475993767d3e5b6840f3195578ef30a6. https://longseries.com/en/d/unemployment/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Spain; lowest — Japan
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSpain | 2025 | 10.4%10.4%↓−1.0 pp |
| Sweden | 2025 | 8.7%8.7%↑+0.3 pp |
| France | 2025 | 7.5%7.5%↑+0.1 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | 6.4%6.4%↓−0.1 pp |
| Brazil | 2025 | 6%6%↓−0.8 pp |
| World | 2025 | 4.8%4.8%→0.0 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2025 | 4.7%4.7%↑+0.4 pp |
| China | 2025 | 4.6%4.6%→0.0 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
35 rows for Poland
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Poland
13.6→3.0
Poland: 13.6 (1991) → 3.0 (2025). Difference: −10.6 pp. Peak value of 20.2 in 2002; lowest value of 2.7 in 2023.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 3% |
| 2024 | Poland | 2.8% |
| 2023 | Poland | 2.7% |
| 2022 | Poland | 2.8% |
| 2021 | Poland | 3.3% |
| 2020 | Poland | 3.2% |
| 2019 | Poland | 3.3% |
| 2018 | Poland | 3.8% |
| 2017 | Poland | 4.9% |
| 2016 | Poland | 6.1% |
| 2015 | Poland | 7.5% |
| 2014 | Poland | 9% |
| 2013 | Poland | 10.3% |
| 2012 | Poland | 10% |
| 2011 | Poland | 9.6% |
| 2010 | Poland | 9.6% |
| 2009 | Poland | 8.1% |
| 2008 | Poland | 7.1% |
| 2007 | Poland | 9.6% |
| 2006 | Poland | 13.8% |