WORKFACT WEDNESDAY: 34 Nations' Average Hours Worked Annually

The following list is the average annual hours worked by participants in the labor force of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a unique forum where the governments of 34 democracies with market economies work with each other, as well as with more than 70 non-member economies to promote global economic growth, prosperity, and sustainable development.

As of 2014, Mexico, Costa Rica and South Korea ranked first with the highest number of hours worked per year. As of 2014 Greece ranked the highest In EU with 2042 average hours per year, while Germany ranked the lowest with 1371 average hours worked respectively. Similarly, Netherlands has one of the lowest hours worked per labor participant.

Source: OECD

**Average labor hours per worker in OECD countries**
Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Australia	1779	1737	1732	1736	1734	1729	1721	1712	1717	1690	1692	1698	1689	1685	1681	1682	1669
Austria	1807	1795	1792	1784	1787	1764	1746	1736	1729	1673	1669	1676	1653	1638	1628	1608	1601
Belgium	1595	1588	1583	1578	1573	1565	1572	1577	1570	1548	1546	1560	1560	1558	1556	1551	..
Canada	1779	1771	1754	1746	1759	1747	1745	1741	1735	1701	1703	1700	1713	1707	1704	1707	1703
Czech Republic	1896	1818	1816	1806	1817	1817	1799	1784	1790	1779	1800	1806	1776	1763	1777	1756	1770
Denmark	1466	1469	1463	1458	1458	1451	1456	1433	1430	1417	1422	1437	1423	1426	1414	1412	1410
Finland	1742	1723	1714	1705	1707	1697	1693	1691	1685	1661	1668	1662	1650	1640	1636	1641	1653
France	1535	1526	1487	1484	1513	1507	1484	1500	1507	1489	1494	1496	1490	1474	1473	1482	1472
Germany	1452	1442	1431	1425	1422	1411	1425	1424	1418	1373	1390	1393	1375	1362	1368	1368	1363
Greece	2108	2101	2093	2091	2083	2136	2125	2111	2106	2081	2020	2038	2055	2059	2022	2033	2035
Hungary	1845	1809	1820	1795	1802	1803	1800	1795	1798	1781	1777	1770	1750	1745	1752	1746	1761
Iceland	2040	2053	2012	1972	1980	1970	1958	1932	1934	1849	1834	1878	1853	1846	1864	1880	1883
Ireland	1933	1924	1904	1887	1875	1883	1879	1865	1844	1812	1801	1801	1806	1815	1821	1820	1879
Italy	1851	1838	1827	1816	1815	1812	1813	1818	1807	1776	1777	1773	1734	1720	1717	1723	1730
Japan	1821	1809	1798	1799	1787	1775	1784	1785	1771	1714	1733	1728	1745	1734	1729	1719	1713
Korea	2512	2499	2464	2424	2392	2351	2346	2306	2219	2174	2163	2133	2109	2100	2075	2082	2069
Luxembourg	1602	1586	1581	1579	1578	1550	1552	1566	1567	1516	1517	1515	1508	1501	1508	1515	1512
Mexico	2311	2285	2271	2277	2271	2290	2278	2260	2264	2255	2254	2248	2239	2244	2242	2248	2255
Netherlands	1462	1452	1435	1427	1448	1434	1430	1430	1430	1422	1421	1422	1413	1418	1429	1422	1430
New Zealand	1836	1825	1826	1823	1830	1815	1795	1774	1761	1740	1755	1746	1734	1752	1762	1757	1752
Norway	1455	1429	1414	1401	1421	1423	1420	1426	1430	1407	1415	1421	1420	1408	1427	1424	1424
Poland	1988	1974	1979	1984	1983	1994	1985	1976	1969	1948	1940	1938	1929	1918	1923	1963	1928
Portugal	1917	1900	1894	1887	1893	1895	1883	1900	1887	1887	1890	1867	1849	1859	1867	1869	1842
Slovak Republic	1816	1801	1754	1698	1742	1769	1774	1791	1793	1780	1805	1793	1789	1772	1760	1754	1740
Spain	1753	1763	1765	1756	1742	1726	1716	1704	1713	1720	1710	1716	1701	1694	1697	1701	1695
Sweden	1642	1618	1595	1582	1605	1605	1599	1612	1617	1609	1635	1632	1618	1609	1609	1611	1621
Switzerland	1674	1635	1614	1627	1657	1652	1643	1633	1623	1615	1612	1605	1591	1573	1568	1590	..
Turkey	1937	1942	1943	1943	1918	1936	1944	1911	1900	1881	1877	1864	1855	1832	..	..	..
United Kingdom	1700	1705	1684	1674	1674	1673	1669	1677	1659	1651	1650	1634	1654	1666	1677	1674	1676
United States	1834	1812	1807	1797	1799	1795	1798	1796	1789	1763	1774	1782	1785	1783	1786	1786	1783
OECD countries	1829	1815	1807	1802	1803	1800	1800	1797	1792	1765	1774	1772	1770	1765	1764	1766	1763
Israel	1998	1979	1993	1974	1942	1931	1919	1931	1929	1927	1918	1920	1910	1867	1853	1858	1889
Chile	2263	2242	2250	2235	2232	2157	2165	2128	2095	2074	2070	2047	2024	2015	1990	1988	1974
Slovenia	1710	1696	1721	1724	1737	1697	1667	1655	1674	1679	1680	1663	1644	1662	1682	1688	1682
Estonia	1978	1970	1973	1978	1986	2008	2001	1998	1968	1831	1875	1919	1886	1866	1859	1852	1855
Russian Federation	1982	1980	1982	1993	1993	1989	1998	1999	1997	1974	1976	1979	1982	1980	1985	1978	1974
Lithuania	1846	1831	1802	1786	1879	1879	1874	1904	1934	1863	1884	1859	1857	1841	1834	1860	1885
Latvia	1976	1987	1938	1928	1878	1906	1907	1878	2002	1952	1935	1952	1934	1928	1938	1909	1910
Costa Rica	2368	2335	2363	2356	2375	2358	2366	2393	2398	2354	2249	2290	2243	2157	2136