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Average annual working hours Ranking Map for 130 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with comparable worker-hours observations in the source series. 130 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country.
In the available data, Sudan has the highest recorded value at 2,658 hours/year (rank #1); Japan ranks #97 at 1,654 hours/year. Coverage: 130 countries and territories. Reference years: Sudan 2023; Japan 2023. This is an annual average per worker, with international differences in methods and employment structure.
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Compare average annual working hours within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with comparable worker-hours observations in the source series.
Japan 1,654 hours/year
Japan, world rank 97 for Average annual working hours, 1,654 hours/year
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 2,129 hours/year Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 1,731 hours/year United States: 1,789 hours/year Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours/year Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours/year Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 1,958 hours/year Argentina: 1,612 hours/year Chile: 1,950 hours/year Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,841 hours/year Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 2,035 hours/year Sudan: 2,658 hours/year Chad: 1,585 hours/year Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: 2,072 hours/year Russia: 2,087 hours/year Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 1,412 hours/year Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 2,181 hours/year Lesotho: Not included in this limited dataset Mexico: 1,629 hours/year Uruguay: 1,481 hours/year Brazil: 1,994 hours/year Bolivia: 1,968 hours/year Peru: 2,143 hours/year Colombia: 2,471 hours/year Panama: Not included in this limited dataset Costa Rica: 2,177 hours/year Nicaragua: Not included in this limited dataset Honduras: Not included in this limited dataset El Salvador: Not included in this limited dataset Guatemala: 2,151 hours/year Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: 1,829 hours/year Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: Not included in this limited dataset France: 1,487 hours/year Ecuador: 1,594 hours/year Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 1,963 hours/year Cuba: Not included in this limited dataset Zimbabwe: 2,311 hours/year Botswana: 2,258 hours/year Namibia: 2,184 hours/year Senegal: 2,335 hours/year Mali: 2,243 hours/year Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: Not included in this limited dataset Niger: 2,069 hours/year Nigeria: 2,062 hours/year Cameroon: 2,181 hours/year Togo: Not included in this limited dataset Ghana: 1,656 hours/year Côte d’Ivoire: 2,103 hours/year Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 2,356 hours/year Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: 2,534 hours/year Gabon: 2,174 hours/year Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: 2,200 hours/year Malawi: 1,596 hours/year Mozambique: 1,507 hours/year Eswatini: Not included in this limited dataset Angola: 2,115 hours/year Burundi: Not included in this limited dataset Israel: 1,890 hours/year Lebanon: 2,412 hours/year Madagascar: 1,799 hours/year Palestine: Not included in this limited dataset Gambia: Not included in this limited dataset Tunisia: 2,288 hours/year Algeria: 2,232 hours/year Jordan: 2,483 hours/year United Arab Emirates: 2,514 hours/year Qatar: 2,435 hours/year Kuwait: 2,318 hours/year Iraq: 1,583 hours/year Oman: 2,266 hours/year Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 2,389 hours/year Thailand: 2,177 hours/year Laos: Not included in this limited dataset Myanmar: 2,197 hours/year Vietnam: 2,160 hours/year North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 1,910 hours/year Mongolia: Not included in this limited dataset India: 2,383 hours/year Bangladesh: 2,383 hours/year Bhutan: Not included in this limited dataset Nepal: Not included in this limited dataset Pakistan: 2,471 hours/year Afghanistan: Not included in this limited dataset Tajikistan: 2,134 hours/year Kyrgyzstan: 1,830 hours/year Turkmenistan: 2,179 hours/year Iran: 2,246 hours/year Syria: 1,621 hours/year Armenia: 1,976 hours/year Sweden: 1,432 hours/year Belarus: 1,875 hours/year Ukraine: 2,045 hours/year Poland: 1,807 hours/year Austria: 1,438 hours/year Hungary: 1,668 hours/year Moldova: 1,989 hours/year Romania: 1,826 hours/year Lithuania: 1,640 hours/year Latvia: 1,625 hours/year Estonia: 1,606 hours/year Germany: 1,335 hours/year Bulgaria: 1,659 hours/year Greece: 1,893 hours/year Türkiye: 1,747 hours/year Albania: 2,152 hours/year Croatia: 1,974 hours/year Switzerland: 1,529 hours/year Luxembourg: 1,452 hours/year Belgium: 1,593 hours/year Netherlands: 1,439 hours/year Portugal: 1,735 hours/year Spain: 1,638 hours/year Ireland: 1,654 hours/year New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 1,708 hours/year Australia: 1,611 hours/year Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours/year China: 2,328 hours/year Taiwan: 2,032 hours/year Italy: 1,701 hours/year Denmark: 1,380 hours/year United Kingdom: 1,523 hours/year Iceland: 1,452 hours/year Azerbaijan: 1,791 hours/year Georgia: 1,932 hours/year Philippines: 2,096 hours/year Malaysia: 2,308 hours/year Brunei: Not included in this limited dataset Slovenia: 1,588 hours/year Finland: 1,497 hours/year Slovakia: 1,621 hours/year Czechia: 1,774 hours/year Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 1,654 hours/year Paraguay: 2,123 hours/year Yemen: 1,382 hours/year Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours/year Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 1,840 hours/year Morocco: 2,174 hours/year Egypt: 2,369 hours/year Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: 1,599 hours/year Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 2,128 hours/year Rwanda: 1,584 hours/year Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2,122 hours/year North Macedonia: 1,949 hours/year Serbia: 1,995 hours/year Montenegro: Not included in this limited dataset Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 1,610 hours/year South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan Sudan 1 Republic of the Congo 2 United Arab Emirates 3 Jordan 4 Pakistan 5 Sweden 126 Norway 127 Yemen 128 Denmark 129 Germany 130 Colombia Cambodia Senegal Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Average annual working hoursRankings 97/130 1,654 hours/year
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #97 for average annual working hours. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Sudan 2,658 hours/year 2 Republic of the Congo 2,534 hours/year 3 United Arab Emirates 2,514 hours/year 4 Jordan 2,483 hours/year 5 Pakistan 2,471 hours/year
130 Germany 1,335 hours/year 129 Denmark 1,380 hours/year 128 Yemen 1,382 hours/year 127 Norway 1,412 hours/year 126 Sweden 1,432 hours/year 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Average annual working hours ranking map Countries and territories with comparable worker-hours observations in the source series. 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 Republic of the Congo (2,534 hours/year), #3 United Arab Emirates (2,514 hours/year)
Japan’s position World #97 (1,654 hours/year)
Data period latest available year by country Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Average annual working hours Full ranking130 countries #2 Republic of the Congo 2,534 hours/year Profile #3 United Arab Emirates 2,514 hours/year Profile #10 Bangladesh 2,383 hours/year Profile #13 Burkina Faso 2,356 hours/year Profile #20 Singapore 2,283 hours/year Profile #25 Hong Kong 2,240 hours/year Profile #30 South Africa 2,181 hours/year Profile #32 Turkmenistan 2,179 hours/year Profile #34 Costa Rica 2,177 hours/year Profile #39 Guatemala 2,151 hours/year Profile #41 Tajikistan 2,134 hours/year Profile #44 Saudi Arabia 2,125 hours/year Profile #46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,122 hours/year Profile #48 Côte d’Ivoire 2,103 hours/year Profile #49 Uzbekistan 2,099 hours/year Profile #50 Philippines 2,096 hours/year Profile #52 Dominican Republic 2,072 hours/year Profile #55 Sri Lanka 2,053 hours/year Profile #62 Mauritius 1,990 hours/year Profile #65 Kazakhstan 1,975 hours/year Profile #69 Indonesia 1,958 hours/year Profile #71 North Macedonia 1,949 hours/year Profile #73 South Korea 1,910 hours/year Profile #78 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,841 hours/year Profile #80 Kyrgyzstan 1,830 hours/year Profile #81 Venezuela 1,829 hours/year Profile #84 Madagascar 1,799 hours/year Profile #85 Azerbaijan 1,791 hours/year Profile #86 United States 1,789 hours/year Profile #91 New Zealand 1,708 hours/year Profile #98 Lithuania 1,640 hours/year Profile #102 Slovakia 1,621 hours/year Profile #104 Argentina 1,612 hours/year Profile #105 Australia 1,611 hours/year Profile #106 Trinidad and Tobago 1,610 hours/year Profile #108 Ethiopia 1,599 hours/year Profile #112 Slovenia 1,588 hours/year Profile #116 Switzerland 1,529 hours/year Profile #117 United Kingdom 1,523 hours/year Profile #118 Mozambique 1,507 hours/year Profile #122 Luxembourg 1,452 hours/year Profile #124 Netherlands 1,439 hours/year Profile