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Average annual hours worked per worker

Average annual hours worked per worker by country (latest available, mostly 2022–2023). A comparative look at work time across economies.

Source: OECD (and national statistical offices via OECD/ILOSTAT where applicable)•63 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,788.7hours/year
Median: 1,796.0hours/year
Countries Covered
63
with available data
Highest
India
2,252.0hours/year
Lowest
Germany
1,341.0hours/year
Top 5 Countries
1India2,252.0hours/year
2Singapore2,239.0hours/year
3People's Republic of China2,174.0hours/year
4Vietnam2,140.0hours/year
5Indonesia2,135.0hours/year
By Region
Asia2,036.4hours/year(15 countries)
Africa2,022.5hours/year(2 countries)
Other1,888.9hours/year(7 countries)
South America1,880.0hours/year(3 countries)
North America1,875.3hours/year(3 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,341.0hours/year)High (2,252.0hours/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,788.7hours/year)

Asia (15)
Africa (2)
Other (7)
South America (3)
North America (3)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Average annual hours worked per worker by country (latest available, mostly 2022–2023). A comparative look at work time across economies. Source: OECD (and national statistical offices via OECD/ILOSTAT where applicable).

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1India2,252.0hours/year
2Singapore2,239.0hours/year
3People's Republic of China2,174.0hours/year
4Vietnam2,140.0hours/year
5Indonesia2,135.0hours/year
6Egypt2,133.0hours/year
7Mexico2,128.0hours/year
8Thailand2,096.0hours/year
9Hong Kong2,089.0hours/year
10Pakistan2,055.0hours/year
11Taiwan, Province of China2,010.0hours/year
12Philippines2,006.0hours/year
13Malaysia1,987.0hours/year
14Russian Federation1,976.0hours/year
15United Arab Emirates1,975.0hours/year
16Georgia1,970.0hours/year
17Peru1,961.0hours/year
18Tunisia1,923.0hours/year
19Chile1,916.0hours/year
20Morocco1,912.0hours/year
21South Korea1,901.0hours/year
22Greece1,886.0hours/year
23Israel1,880.0hours/year
24Azerbaijan1,876.0hours/year
25Estonia1,850.0hours/year
26Armenia1,849.0hours/year
27Serbia1,845.0hours/year
28Türkiye1,832.0hours/year
29United States of America1,811.0hours/year
30Poland1,804.0hours/year
31Romania1,801.0hours/year
32Venezuela1,796.0hours/year
33Bulgaria1,793.0hours/year
34Ukraine1,790.0hours/year
35Ireland1,784.0hours/year
36Czech Republic1,766.0hours/year
37Uruguay1,763.0hours/year
38Slovakia1,750.0hours/year
39Hungary1,745.0hours/year
40Italy1,717.0hours/year
41Lithuania1,712.0hours/year
42Austria1,692.0hours/year
43Spain1,688.0hours/year
44Canada1,687.0hours/year
45Latvia1,686.0hours/year
46New Zealand1,686.0hours/year
47Australia1,661.0hours/year
48Portugal1,615.0hours/year
49Japan1,607.0hours/year
50Slovenia1,536.0hours/year
51United Kingdom1,532.0hours/year
52Belgium1,523.0hours/year
53Finland1,512.0hours/year
54France1,511.0hours/year
55Switzerland1,498.0hours/year
56Luxembourg1,496.0hours/year
57Sweden1,440.0hours/year
58Netherlands1,429.0hours/year
59Iceland1,410.0hours/year
60Norway1,384.0hours/year
61Denmark1,380.0hours/year
62Croatia1,349.0hours/year
63Germany1,341.0hours/year
Showing 63 of 63 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from OECD (and national statistical offices via OECD/ILOSTAT where applicable) (2022).

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