List of countries by average annual labor hours

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The average length of working time in different countries depends on a number of economic, social and societal factors. Another important factor is the extent to which part-time work is widespread, which is less common in developing countries. In 2017, the Southeast Asian state of Cambodia had the longest average working hours worldwide among 66 countries studied. Here, the working time per worker was around 2,456 hours per year, which is just under 47 hours per week. In Germany, on the other hand, it was just under 1,354 hours per year (26 per week and 3.7 per day), which was the lowest of all the countries studied.[1]

In most countries, the weekly working hours are decreasing with increasing prosperity and higher productivity. In Germany, for example, the average weekly working time of a person not employed in agriculture and working full-time fell by almost 40 percent between 1870 and 2010. In developed countries, the average working time is therefore usually significantly shorter than in developing countries. However, there are exceptions. These include countries such as South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan which still have comparable long working hours despite high incomes.[1]

Our World in Data list (2017)[edit]

The following list is the average annual working time per employed person (men and women) in hours in 2017. Data is not available for all countries of the world.[1]

Average annual labor hours per worker in 2017
Rank Country Working hours
1  Cambodia 2,455.55
2  Myanmar 2,437.86
3  Mexico 2,255.00
4  Malaysia 2,238.27
5  Singapore 2,255.73
6  Bangladesh 2,232.35
7  Costa Rica 2,212.38
8  South Africa 2,209.09
9  Hong Kong 2,185.58
10  Thailand 2,185.45
11  China 2,174.35
12  Vietnam 2,169.59
13  Philippines 2,148.56
14  India 2,117.01
15  Pakistan 2,096.14
16  South Korea 2,063.33
17  Malta 2,040.03
18  Poland 2,028.50
19  Indonesia 2,024.29
20  Greece 2,016.90
21  Colombia 1,997.75
22  Taiwan 1,990.32
23  Chile 1,974.00
24  Russia 1,974.00
25  Hungary 1,937.33
26  Peru 1,932.46
27  Sri Lanka 1,923.94
28  Israel 1,920.61
29  Latvia 1,874.60
30  Portugal 1,863.17
31  Estonia 1,856.68
32  Lithuania 1,844.02
33  Croatia 1,834.93
34  Turkey 1,832.00
35  Nigeria 1,827.24
36  Romania 1,806.00
37  Cyprus 1,783.52
38  Czech Republic 1,776.16
39  United States 1,765.00
40  New Zealand 1,752.00
41  Ireland 1,745.68
42  Slovakia 1,745.23
43  Japan 1,738.36
44  Austria 1,731.49
45  Italy 1,722.61
46  Brazil 1,709.49
47  Ecuador 1,701.36
48  Canada 1,696.46
49  Argentina 1,691.54
50  Spain 1,686.50
51  United Kingdom 1,670.27
52  Finland 1,659.28
53  Slovenia 1,655.09
54  Bulgaria 1,643.55
55  Australia 1,613.05
56  Sweden 1,609.29
57  Switzerland 1,589.68
58  Uruguay 1,552.35
59  Belgium 1,544.27
60  Luxembourg 1,518.86
61  France 1,514.14
62  Iceland 1,493.37
63  Netherlands 1,430.02
64  Norway 1,417.47
65  Denmark 1,400.38
66  Germany 1,353.89

OECD list[edit]

The following list is the average annual hours worked by participants in the labor force of the OECD member states.[2] As of 2022, Colombia, Mexico, and Costa Rica ranked the highest number of hours worked per year. Greece ranked the highest In EU with 1886 average hours per year, while Germany ranked the lowest with 1340 average hours worked respectively.[3][4] Japan and Canada ranked lowest amongst non-European countries.

Average labor hours per worker in OECD countries
Code Country 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2022
AUS Australia ... ... ... ... 1853 1852 1808 1778 1751 1683 1707
AUT Austria ... ... ... ... ... 1675 1632 1552 1495 1400 1443
BEL Belgium ... ... 1883 1707 1663 1589 1578 1574 1575 1481 1525
BGR Bulgaria ... ... ... ... ... 1640 1659 1645 1644 1605 1618
CAN Canada ... ... 1925 1827 1797 1787 1745 1715 1712 1644 1686
CHL Chile ... ... ... ... 2422 2263 2157 2070 1994 1825 1962
COL Colombia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2194 ... 2405
CRI Costa Rica ... ... ... ... 2358 2362 2352 2243 2148 1913 2149
HRV Croatia ... ... ... ... ... 1922 1926 1942 1827 1834 1810
CYP Cyprus ... ... ... ... ... 1926 1847 1845 1824 1698 1837
CZE Czechia ... ... ... ... ... 1900 1803 1799 1751 1705 1754
DNK Denmark ... ... 1845 1577 1441 1466 1451 1422 1407 1346 1371
EST Estonia ... ... ... ... ... 1884 1913 1785 1763 1654 1770
EU27 European Union ... ... ... ... ... 1678 1652 1632 1607 1513 1570
FIN Finland ... 1967 1918 1732 1671 1650 1613 1585 1555 1531 1498
FRA France 2351 2188 1993 1806 1645 1558 1532 1540 1519 1402 1511
DEU Germany ... ... ... ... ... 1466 1432 1426 1401 1332 1340
GRC Greece ... ... ... ... 1976 1998 2025 1931 1935 1728 1886
HUN Hungary ... ... ... 2348 2082 1932 1834 1766 1746 1660 1699
ISL Iceland ... ... 1954 1688 1665 1696 1637 1528 1511 1435 1449
IRL Ireland ... ... 2335 2123 2081 1933 1883 1721 1771 1746 1657
ISR Israel ... ... ... ... 1904 2033 1966 1957 1895 1783 1891
ITA Italy ... ... ... ... ... 1850 1811 1777 1718 1559 1694
JPN Japan ... ... 2243 2121 2031 1821 1775 1733 1719 1598 1607
KOR Korea, Republic of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2163 2083 1908 1901
LVA Latvia ... ... ... ... ... 1728 1666 1692 1663 1577 1553
LTU Lithuania ... ... ... ... ... 1630 1659 1697 1673 1595 1624
LUX Luxembourg ... ... ... ... ... 1602 1550 1517 1514 1427 1473
MLT Malta ... ... ... ... ... 2246 2167 2136 1955 1827 1881
MEX Mexico ... ... ... ... ... 2174 2105 2150 2140 2124 2226
NLD Netherlands ... ... 1809 1556 1454 1464 1434 1420 1426 1399 1427
NZL New Zealand ... ... ... ... 1809 1836 1815 1755 1753 1739 1748
NOR Norway ... ... 1835 1580 1503 1457 1406 1395 1392 1369 1424
OECD OECD ... ... 1966 1893 1860 1825 1793 1772 1764 1687 1751
POL Poland ... ... ... ... ... 1869 1855 1831 1862 1766 1814
PRT Portugal ... ... 1963 1849 1806 1770 1750 1746 1732 1613 1635
ROU Romania ... ... ... ... ... 1853 1877 1841 1786 1795 1808
RUS Russian Federation ... ... ... ... ... 1982 1989 1976 1978 1874 1874
SVK Slovakia ... ... ... ... ... 1816 1769 1805 1754 1572 1622
SVN Slovenia ... ... ... ... ... 1710 1697 1680 1687 1515 1619
ESP Spain ... ... ... 1936 1763 1753 1724 1706 1694 1577 1643
SWE Sweden 1824 1718 1565 1382 1423 1486 1453 1484 1466 1424 1440
CHE Switzerland ... ... ... ... ... 1713 1690 1611 1577 1495 1528
TUR Turkey ... ... 2086 1957 1866 1937 1936 1877 1811 ... 1732
GBR United Kingdom ... ... 1775 1619 1618 1558 1544 1507 1525 1367 1531
USA United States 1968 1952 1907 1816 1833 1832 1794 1772 1783 1767 1810

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Roser, Max (2013-03-04). "Working Hours". Our World in Data.
  2. ^ OECD. "Average annual hours actually worked per worker". stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. ^ "Who works the longest hours? - BBC News". BBC News. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  4. ^ Stewart, Heather (8 December 2011). "Who works the longest hours in Europe?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
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