What is the difference in labor force, total, per square kilometre between OECD members and United Kingdom?

124.77 units per square kilometre, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and United Kingdom?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

OECD members vs United Kingdom: Labor force, total, per square kilometre

OECD members

19.83 units per square kilometre

in 2023

United Kingdom

144.6 units per square kilometre

in 2023

OECD members rank

28th

United Kingdom rank

29th

Labor force, total, per square kilometre over time

OECD members
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 144.6 units per square kilometre against 19.83 units per square kilometre in OECD members, a difference of 124.77 units per square kilometre.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 7.3 times OECD members's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

OECD members ranks 28th and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 44 groups.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	OECD members	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	15.33 units per square kilometre	118.17 units per square kilometre	102.84 units per square kilometre	United Kingdom
2000s	16.82 units per square kilometre	125.72 units per square kilometre	108.89 units per square kilometre	United Kingdom
2010s	18.37 units per square kilometre	136.83 units per square kilometre	118.46 units per square kilometre	United Kingdom
2020s	19.35 units per square kilometre	142.43 units per square kilometre	123.08 units per square kilometre	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per square kilometre, OECD members or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 144.6 units per square kilometre against 19.83 units per square kilometre in OECD members as of 2023.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per square kilometre between OECD members and United Kingdom?: 124.77 units per square kilometre, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and United Kingdom?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do OECD members and United Kingdom rank globally for labor force, total, per square kilometre?: OECD members ranks 28th and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

OECD members vs United Kingdom: Labor force, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 October 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/labor-force-total-per-square-kilometre/oecd-members/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/labor-force-total-per-square-kilometre/oecd-members/united-kingdom/">OECD members vs United Kingdom: Labor force, total, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Labor force, total, per square kilometre
Unit: units per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 7,804 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.