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World Average annual working hours Ranking

Compare average annual working hours by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01GDP per capitaCompare gdp per capita by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.02Nominal GDPCompare nominal gdp by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.03GDP per capita (PPP)Compare gdp per capita (ppp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.04Real GDP growthCompare real gdp growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.05InflationCompare inflation by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.06UnemploymentCompare unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.07Youth unemploymentCompare youth unemployment by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.08Average annual working hoursCompare average annual working hours by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.09Average sleep timeCompare average sleep time by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.10Income inequality (Gini index)Compare income inequality (gini index) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

01 / RANKING MAP

Compare average annual working hours across the world.

Compare average annual working hours by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan1,654 hours/year
Fiji: No dataTanzania: 2,129 hours/yearWestern Sahara: No dataCanada: 1,731 hours/yearUnited States: 1,789 hours/yearKazakhstan: 1,975 hours/yearUzbekistan: 2,099 hours/yearPapua New Guinea: No dataIndonesia: 1,958 hours/yearArgentina: 1,612 hours/yearChile: 1,950 hours/yearCongo, Dem. Rep.: 1,841 hours/yearSomalia, Fed. Rep.: No dataKenya: 2,035 hours/yearSudan: 2,658 hours/yearChad: 1,585 hours/yearHaiti: No dataDominican Republic: 2,072 hours/yearRussian Federation: 2,087 hours/yearBahamas, The: No dataFalkland Islands: No dataNorway: 1,412 hours/yearGreenland: No dataFr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: No dataSouth Africa: 2,181 hours/yearLesotho: No dataMexico: 1,629 hours/yearUruguay: 1,481 hours/yearBrazil: 1,994 hours/yearBolivia: 1,968 hours/yearPeru: 2,143 hours/yearColombia: 2,471 hours/yearPanama: No dataCosta Rica: 2,177 hours/yearNicaragua: No dataHonduras: No dataEl Salvador: No dataGuatemala: 2,151 hours/yearBelize: No dataVenezuela, RB: 1,829 hours/yearGuyana: No dataSuriname: No dataFrance: 1,487 hours/yearEcuador: 1,594 hours/yearPuerto Rico (US): No dataJamaica: 1,963 hours/yearCuba: No dataZimbabwe: 2,311 hours/yearBotswana: 2,258 hours/yearNamibia: 2,184 hours/yearSenegal: 2,335 hours/yearMali: 2,243 hours/yearMauritania: No dataBenin: No dataNiger: 2,069 hours/yearNigeria: 2,062 hours/yearCameroon: 2,181 hours/yearTogo: No dataGhana: 1,656 hours/yearCote d'Ivoire: 2,103 hours/yearGuinea: No dataGuinea-Bissau: No dataLiberia: No dataSierra Leone: No dataBurkina Faso: 2,356 hours/yearCentral African Republic: No dataCongo, Rep.: 2,534 hours/yearGabon: 2,174 hours/yearEquatorial Guinea: No dataZambia: 2,200 hours/yearMalawi: 1,596 hours/yearMozambique: 1,507 hours/yearEswatini: No dataAngola: 2,115 hours/yearBurundi: No dataIsrael: 1,890 hours/yearLebanon: 2,412 hours/yearMadagascar: 1,799 hours/yearWest Bank and Gaza: No dataGambia, The: No dataTunisia: 2,288 hours/yearAlgeria: 2,232 hours/yearJordan: 2,483 hours/yearUnited Arab Emirates: 2,514 hours/yearQatar: 2,435 hours/yearKuwait: 2,318 hours/yearIraq: 1,583 hours/yearOman: 2,266 hours/yearVanuatu: No dataCambodia: 2,389 hours/yearThailand: 2,177 hours/yearLao PDR: No dataMyanmar: 2,197 hours/yearViet Nam: 2,160 hours/yearKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: No dataKorea, Rep.: 1,910 hours/yearMongolia: No dataIndia: 2,383 hours/yearBangladesh: 2,383 hours/yearBhutan: No dataNepal: No dataPakistan: 2,471 hours/yearAfghanistan: No dataTajikistan: 2,134 hours/yearKyrgyz Republic: 1,830 hours/yearTurkmenistan: 2,179 hours/yearIran, Islamic Rep.: 2,246 hours/yearSyrian Arab Republic: 1,621 hours/yearArmenia: 1,976 hours/yearSweden: 1,432 hours/yearBelarus: 1,875 hours/yearUkraine: 2,045 hours/yearPoland: 1,807 hours/yearAustria: 1,438 hours/yearHungary: 1,668 hours/yearMoldova: 1,989 hours/yearRomania: 1,826 hours/yearLithuania: 1,640 hours/yearLatvia: 1,625 hours/yearEstonia: 1,606 hours/yearGermany: 1,335 hours/yearBulgaria: 1,659 hours/yearGreece: 1,893 hours/yearTurkiye: 1,747 hours/yearAlbania: 2,152 hours/yearCroatia: 1,974 hours/yearSwitzerland: 1,529 hours/yearLuxembourg: 1,452 hours/yearBelgium: 1,593 hours/yearNetherlands: 1,439 hours/yearPortugal: 1,735 hours/yearSpain: 1,638 hours/yearIreland: 1,654 hours/yearNew Caledonia: No dataSolomon Islands: No dataNew Zealand: 1,708 hours/yearAustralia: 1,611 hours/yearSri Lanka: 2,053 hours/yearChina: 2,328 hours/yearTaiwan: 2,032 hours/yearItaly: 1,701 hours/yearDenmark: 1,380 hours/yearUnited Kingdom: 1,523 hours/yearIceland: 1,452 hours/yearAzerbaijan: 1,791 hours/yearGeorgia: 1,932 hours/yearPhilippines: 2,096 hours/yearMalaysia: 2,308 hours/yearBrunei Darussalam: No dataSlovenia: 1,588 hours/yearFinland: 1,497 hours/yearSlovak Republic: 1,621 hours/yearCzechia: 1,774 hours/yearEritrea: No dataJapan: 1,654 hours/yearParaguay: 2,123 hours/yearYemen, Rep.: 1,382 hours/yearSaudi Arabia: 2,125 hours/yearAntarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 1,840 hours/yearMorocco: 2,174 hours/yearEgypt, Arab Rep.: 2,369 hours/yearLibya: No dataEthiopia: 1,599 hours/yearDjibouti: No dataSomaliland: No dataUganda: 2,128 hours/yearRwanda: 1,584 hours/yearBosnia and Herzegovina: 2,122 hours/yearNorth Macedonia: 1,949 hours/yearSerbia: 1,995 hours/yearMontenegro: No dataKosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 1,610 hours/yearSouth Sudan: No data
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Average annual working hours Ranking

Compare average annual working hours by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 130 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Sudan (2,658 hours/year), #2 Congo, Rep. (2,534 hours/year), #3 United Arab Emirates (2,514 hours/year)
Japan’s position
World #97 (1,654 hours/year)
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