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Average annual hours worked per worker (total actual hours worked per employed person)

Average annual hours worked per worker in 2023, comparing how much time people spend at work across countries (OECD/ILOSTAT).

Source: OECD (with ILOSTAT harmonisation for non-OECD where applicable)•64 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,821.0hours/year
Median: 1,856.5hours/year
Countries Covered
64
with available data
Highest
Mexico
2,252.0hours/year
Lowest
Germany
1,349.0hours/year
Top 5 Countries
1Mexico2,252.0hours/year
2People's Republic of China2,209.0hours/year
3Singapore2,203.0hours/year
4Colombia2,171.0hours/year
5Egypt2,140.0hours/year
By Region
Asia2,028.2hours/year(13 countries)
Africa1,998.1hours/year(7 countries)
Other1,947.9hours/year(10 countries)
South America1,918.3hours/year(3 countries)
North America1,912.3hours/year(3 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,349.0hours/year)High (2,252.0hours/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,821.0hours/year)

Asia (13)
Africa (7)
Other (10)
South America (3)
North America (3)
Oceania (2)
Europe (26)

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 in 2023, comparing how much time people spend at work across countries (OECD/ILOSTAT). Source: OECD (with ILOSTAT harmonisation for non-OECD where applicable).

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Mexico2,252.0hours/year
2People's Republic of China2,209.0hours/year
3Singapore2,203.0hours/year
4Colombia2,171.0hours/year
5Egypt2,140.0hours/year
6Vietnam2,126.0hours/year
7Mongolia2,107.0hours/year
8India2,105.0hours/year
9Thailand2,101.0hours/year
10United Arab Emirates2,099.0hours/year
11Philippines2,077.0hours/year
12Kenya2,068.0hours/year
13United Republic of Tanzania2,062.0hours/year
14Rwanda2,055.0hours/year
15Indonesia2,054.0hours/year
16Islamic Republic of Iran2,041.0hours/year
17Morocco2,003.0hours/year
18Romania1,994.0hours/year
19Ethiopia1,990.0hours/year
20Iraq1,987.0hours/year
21South Africa1,981.0hours/year
22Russian Federation1,975.0hours/year
23Malawi1,945.0hours/year
24Venezuela1,944.0hours/year
25Tunisia1,916.0hours/year
26Senegal1,910.0hours/year
27Nigeria1,907.0hours/year
28Algeria1,898.0hours/year
29Greece1,886.0hours/year
30Israel1,883.0hours/year
31Türkiye1,881.0hours/year
32South Korea1,874.0hours/year
33Uruguay1,839.0hours/year
34Poland1,831.0hours/year
35United States of America1,799.0hours/year
36Czech Republic1,766.0hours/year
37Australia1,761.0hours/year
38Slovakia1,751.0hours/year
39Chile1,745.0hours/year
40Portugal1,731.0hours/year
41Hungary1,726.0hours/year
42New Zealand1,720.0hours/year
43Italy1,712.0hours/year
44Spain1,689.0hours/year
45Canada1,686.0hours/year
46Costa Rica1,684.0hours/year
47Ireland1,664.0hours/year
48Latvia1,649.0hours/year
49Lithuania1,642.0hours/year
50Japan1,607.0hours/year
51Slovenia1,602.0hours/year
52Finland1,536.0hours/year
53United Kingdom1,532.0hours/year
54Belgium1,523.0hours/year
55Switzerland1,517.0hours/year
56France1,511.0hours/year
57Austria1,508.0hours/year
58Luxembourg1,506.0hours/year
59Iceland1,463.0hours/year
60Sweden1,448.0hours/year
61Netherlands1,437.0hours/year
62Norway1,384.0hours/year
63Denmark1,380.0hours/year
64Germany1,349.0hours/year
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Topics

#economic#hours/year#average#annual#hours#worked#per#worker#total#actual#employed#person

Data Source

This data comes from OECD (with ILOSTAT harmonisation for non-OECD where applicable) (2023).

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