* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Average hours worked per year, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 36 countries was 1640.82 hours. The highest value was in Mexico: 2206.63 hours and the lowest value was in Germany: 1342.65 hours. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: hours; Source: OECD
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Hours worked, 2023 Global rank Available data
Mexico 2206.63 1 2005 - 2023
Chile 1961.92 2 1986 - 2023
Greece 1897 3 1983 - 2023
South Korea 1895.79 4 2011 - 2023
Croatia 1837.31 5 1995 - 2023
Romania 1825.91 6 1995 - 2023
Poland 1803 7 1993 - 2023
Czechia 1774.17 8 1994 - 2023
New Zealand 1751.23 9 1970 - 2023
Estonia 1742 10 2000 - 2023
Italy 1734.41 11 1971 - 2023
Australia 1713.11 12 1971 - 2023
USA 1705.17 13 1971 - 2023
Canada 1685.01 14 1971 - 2023
Hungary 1679.2 15 1981 - 2023
Lithuania 1641 16 1995 - 2023
Ireland 1632.85 17 1971 - 2023
Spain 1632.28 18 1971 - 2023
Portugal 1631 19 1970 - 2023
Slovakia 1627.12 20 1995 - 2023
Bulgaria 1617.68 21 1995 - 2023
Slovenia 1616.1 22 1995 - 2023
Japan 1607 23 1971 - 2023
Latvia 1548 24 1995 - 2023
UK 1524 25 1970 - 2023
Finland 1499 26 1970 - 2023
France 1487.1 27 1971 - 2023
Luxembourg 1451.82 28 1971 - 2023
Netherlands 1449.19 29 1971 - 2023
Iceland 1443.65 30 1971 - 2023
Sweden 1437 31 1970 - 2023
Belgium 1436.96 32 1971 - 2023
Austria 1435 33 1995 - 2023
Norway 1418.43 34 1971 - 2023
Denmark 1379.95 35 1971 - 2023
Germany 1342.65 36 1971 - 2023



Definition: The average number of hours worked by a worker in the scope of one year.

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2206.63
1961.92
1897.00
1895.79
1837.31
1825.91
1803.00
1774.17
1751.23
1742.00
1734.41
1713.11
1705.17
1685.01
1679.20
1641.00
1632.85
1632.28
1631.00
1627.12
1617.68
1616.10
1607.00
1548.00
1524.00
1499.00
1487.10
1451.82
1449.19
1443.65
1437.00
1436.96
1435.00
1418.43
1379.95
1342.65
0
551.7
1103.3
1655
2206.63


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