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Average annual working hours

Tier B· ReputableDescriptive

Average hours actually worked per worker per year. Descriptive — more or fewer hours is not better or worse. OECD-only.

100 = most hours worked in the dataset, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse. ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.

Mixed reference years (2020–2025). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.

How this score is built

Average annual hours actually worked per worker (all workers, mean) — OECD via the OECD SDMX API (CC BY 4.0). Descriptive: long hours can mean either overwork or high labour input, and short hours either good work-life balance or underemployment — neither is simply better, so it uses a neutral colour and is off the Compare radar.

⚠️ OECD + partners only (~45 countries) — a within-group comparison, not a world ranking. Normalized with min–max; the raw hours are shown. Most recent year per country.

⚠️ Limited coverage — not a world ranking. Only 44 of 250 countries have data for this indicator, so most of the map is grey by design. Read the ranking below (the primary view here) as a comparison within the covered group, not a global one.

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100No datadescriptive — not better/worse

100 = most hours worked in the dataset, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse. ⚠️ OECD members only (~38 countries): read it as a within-OECD comparison, not a world ranking.

The map is mostly grey because only 44 countries have data — this is expected, not a rendering error.

Ranking

44 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Rank ↑CountryScoreRaw value
1stPeruPER
100100
2,263 hours per year
2ndMexicoMEX
93.8194
2,205.4 hours per year
3rdCosta RicaCRI
91.3991
2,182.9 hours per year
4thCroatiaHRV
65.9166
1,945.73 hours per year
5thChileCHL
62.2962
1,912 hours per year
6thGreeceGRC
58.2458
1,874.32 hours per year
7thRussiaRUS
58.2158
1,874 hours per year
8thIsraelISR
57.7858
1,870 hours per year
9thCyprusCYP
55.7856
1,851.42 hours per year
10thMaltaMLT
55.0355
1,844.46 hours per year
11thRomaniaROU
54.154
1,835.8 hours per year
12thSouth KoreaKOR
53.854
1,833 hours per year
13thCzechiaCZE
52.853
1,823.63 hours per year
14thUnited StatesUSA
50.2850
1,800.23 hours per year
15thPolandPOL
47.6848
1,775.99 hours per year
16thPortugalPRT
46.4246
1,764.28 hours per year
17thTürkiyeTUR
42.9643
1,732.09 hours per year
18thNew ZealandNZL
41.9942
1,723 hours per year
19thItalyITA
41.241
1,715.7 hours per year
20thCanadaCAN
38.1238
1,687 hours per year
21stLithuaniaLTU
36.6237
1,673.06 hours per year
22ndHungaryHUN
36.3736
1,670.69 hours per year
23rdBulgariaBGR
33.233
1,641.22 hours per year
24thIrelandIRL
32.9633
1,638.97 hours per year
25thAustraliaAUS
32.3232
1,633 hours per year
26thSpainESP
32.2832
1,632.7 hours per year
27thSlovakiaSVK
30.831
1,618.89 hours per year
28thEstoniaEST
29.8130
1,609.7 hours per year
29thSloveniaSVN
28.7129
1,599.43 hours per year
30thJapanJPN
28.529
1,597.51 hours per year
31stLatviaLVA
27.528
1,588.15 hours per year
32ndBelgiumBEL
27.2727
1,586 hours per year
33rdUnited KingdomGBR
21.5622
1,532.92 hours per year
34thSwitzerlandCHE
19.3419
1,512.25 hours per year
35thFranceFRA
17.8418
1,498.29 hours per year
36thFinlandFIN
17.1617
1,491.91 hours per year
37thLuxembourgLUX
13.6214
1,459 hours per year
38thAustriaAUT
11.8212
1,442.21 hours per year
39thNetherlandsNLD
11.1611
1,436.04 hours per year
40thSwedenSWE
9.5610
1,421.21 hours per year
41stIcelandISL
9.5210
1,420.84 hours per year
42ndNorwayNOR
5.746
1,385.66 hours per year
43rdDenmarkDNK
3.994
1,369.34 hours per year
44thGermanyDEU
00
1,332.2 hours per year
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