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==Average annual hours per worker==
The following list is the average annual hours worked by participants in the labor force of the OECD member states.<ref>{{Cite web |last=OECD |title=Average annual hours actually worked per worker |url=https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS |accessdate=2017-12-30 |website=stats.oecd.org}}</ref> As of 2022, [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], and [[Costa Rica]] ranked the highest number of hours worked per year. [[Greece]] ranked the highest In EU with 1886 average hours per year, while [[Germany]] ranked the lowest with 1340 average hours worked respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2012 |title=Who works the longest hours? - BBC News |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18144319 |accessdate=2015-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Heather |date=8 December 2011 |title=Who works the longest hours in Europe? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/dec/08/europe-working-hours |accessdate=2015-07-15 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Japan]] and [[Canada]] ranked lowest amongst non-European countries.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Average labor hours per worker in OECD countries
!Code
!Country
!1950
!1960
!1970
!1980
!1990
!2000
!2005
!2010
!2015
!2020
!2022
|-
|'''AUS'''
|Australia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1853
|1852
|1808
|1778
|1751
|1683
|1707
|-
|'''AUT'''
|Austria
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1675
|1632
|1552
|1495
|1400
|1443
|-
|'''BEL'''
|Belgium
|...
|...
|1883
|1707
|1663
|1589
|1578
|1574
|1575
|1481
|1525
|-
|'''BGR'''
|Bulgaria
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1640
|1659
|1645
|1644
|1605
|1618
|-
|'''CAN'''
|Canada
|...
|...
|1925
|1827
|1797
|1787
|1745
|1715
|1712
|1644
|1686
|-
|'''CHL'''
|Chile
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2422
|2263
|2157
|2070
|1994
|1825
|1962
|-
|'''COL'''
|Colombia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2194
|...
|2405
|-
|'''CRI'''
|Costa Rica
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2358
|2362
|2352
|2243
|2148
|1913
|2149
|-
|'''HRV'''
|Croatia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1922
|1926
|1942
|1827
|1834
|1810
|-
|'''CYP'''
|Cyprus
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1926
|1847
|1845
|1824
|1698
|1837
|-
|'''CZE'''
|Czechia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1900
|1803
|1799
|1751
|1705
|1754
|-
|'''DNK'''
|Denmark
|...
|...
|1845
|1577
|1441
|1466
|1451
|1422
|1407
|1346
|1371
|-
|'''EST'''
|Estonia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1884
|1913
|1785
|1763
|1654
|1770
|-
|'''EU27'''
|European Union
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1678
|1652
|1632
|1607
|1513
|1570
|-
|'''FIN'''
|Finland
|...
|1967
|1918
|1732
|1671
|1650
|1613
|1585
|1555
|1531
|1498
|-
|'''FRA'''
|France
|2351
|2188
|1993
|1806
|1645
|1558
|1532
|1540
|1519
|1402
|1511
|-
|'''DEU'''
|Germany
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1466
|1432
|1426
|1401
|1332
|1340
|-
|'''GRC'''
|Greece
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1976
|1998
|2025
|1931
|1935
|1728
|1886
|-
|'''HUN'''
|Hungary
|...
|...
|...
|2348
|2082
|1932
|1834
|1766
|1746
|1660
|1699
|-
|'''ISL'''
|Iceland
|...
|...
|1954
|1688
|1665
|1696
|1637
|1528
|1511
|1435
|1449
|-
|'''IRL'''
|Ireland
|...
|...
|2335
|2123
|2081
|1933
|1883
|1721
|1771
|1746
|1657
|-
|'''ISR'''
|Israel
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1904
|2033
|1966
|1957
|1895
|1783
|1891
|-
|'''ITA'''
|Italy
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1850
|1811
|1777
|1718
|1559
|1694
|-
|'''JPN'''
|Japan
|...
|...
|2243
|2121
|2031
|1821
|1775
|1733
|1719
|1598
|1607
|-
|'''KOR'''
|Korea, Republic of
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2163
|2083
|1908
|1901
|-
|'''LVA'''
|Latvia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1728
|1666
|1692
|1663
|1577
|1553
|-
|'''LTU'''
|Lithuania
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1630
|1659
|1697
|1673
|1595
|1624
|-
|'''LUX'''
|Luxembourg
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1602
|1550
|1517
|1514
|1427
|1473
|-
|'''MLT'''
|Malta
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2246
|2167
|2136
|1955
|1827
|1881
|-
|'''MEX'''
|Mexico
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|2174
|2105
|2150
|2140
|2124
|2226
|-
|'''NLD'''
|Netherlands
|...
|...
|1809
|1556
|1454
|1464
|1434
|1420
|1426
|1399
|1427
|-
|'''NZL'''
|New Zealand
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1809
|1836
|1815
|1755
|1753
|1739
|1748
|-
|'''NOR'''
|Norway
|...
|...
|1835
|1580
|1503
|1457
|1406
|1395
|1392
|1369
|1424
|-
|'''OECD'''
|OECD
|...
|...
|1966
|1893
|1860
|1825
|1793
|1772
|1764
|1687
|1751
|-
|'''POL'''
|Poland
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1869
|1855
|1831
|1862
|1766
|1814
|-
|'''PRT'''
|Portugal
|...
|...
|1963
|1849
|1806
|1770
|1750
|1746
|1732
|1613
|1635
|-
|'''ROU'''
|Romania
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1853
|1877
|1841
|1786
|1795
|1808
|-
|'''RUS'''
|Russian Federation
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1982
|1989
|1976
|1978
|1874
|1874
|-
|'''SVK'''
|Slovakia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1816
|1769
|1805
|1754
|1572
|1622
|-
|'''SVN'''
|Slovenia
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1710
|1697
|1680
|1687
|1515
|1619
|-
|'''ESP'''
|Spain
|...
|...
|...
|1936
|1763
|1753
|1724
|1706
|1694
|1577
|1643
|-
|'''SWE'''
|Sweden
|1824
|1718
|1565
|1382
|1423
|1486
|1453
|1484
|1466
|1424
|1440
|-
|'''CHE'''
|Switzerland
|...
|...
|...
|...
|...
|1713
|1690
|1611
|1577
|1495
|1528
|-
|'''TUR'''
|Turkey
|...
|...
|2086
|1957
|1866
|1937
|1936
|1877
|1811
|...
|1732
|-
|'''GBR'''
|United Kingdom
|...
|...
|1775
|1619
|1618
|1558
|1544
|1507
|1525
|1367
|1531
|-
|'''USA'''
|United States
|1968
|1952
|1907
|1816
|1833
|1832
|1794
|1772
|1783
|1767
|1810
|}

=== Trends over time ===
[[File:Annual working time in OECD.svg|thumb|none|600px|Average annual hours actually worked per worker in OECD countries from 1970 to 2020]]