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Annual working hours per worker

How it's computed
Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source
Feenstra et al. – Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data · link
As of
2023 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

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Year / dateUnited States (hours)United Kingdom (hours)Germany (hours)Japan (hours)South Korea (hours)
19502,021.982,022.622,427.42,076.03—
19512,063.82,030.692,401.562,058.21—
19522,060.122,001.242,376.012,040.55—
19532,053.912,004.872,350.722,023.042,484.49
19542,030.682,008.712,325.72,054.082,520.64
19552,038.462,007.262,300.952,080.222,557.31
19562,023.371,994.682,276.472,131.82,594.52
19571,995.381,974.742,252.242,155.42,632.27
19581,960.951,947.152,228.272,181.062,670.57
19591,986.871,956.212,204.562,204.682,709.42
19601,968.411,948.192,181.092,221.712,748.84
19611,953.611,914.142,154.482,224.182,788.84
19621,973.511,879.162,117.372,201.062,829.41
19631,961.961,871.342,086.932,194.542,870.58
19641,971.531,871.562,098.422,201.912,779.93
19651,991.911,850.012,084.22,183.092,900.8
19662,000.821,798.182,057.892,191.092,882.67
19671,977.721,786.992,020.182,205.022,918.93
19681,974.181,780.212,007.682,208.872,973.32
19691,975.341,771.321,987.922,195.243,039.79
19701,930.721,732.691,972.492,185.232,918.93
19711,914.991,694.951,940.532,177.132,913.09
19721,911.751,714.611,915.432,179.552,907.23
19731,910.321,722.841,884.882,165.112,901.45
19741,882.341,708.991,851.612,104.962,895.65
19751,850.81,680.071,811.882,075.872,889.85
19761,846.911,673.541,824.282,103.722,884.04
19771,847.021,682.711,806.232,110.372,878.31
19781,853.671,683.741,787.182,114.442,872.53
19791,856.071,681.381,775.142,119.272,866.86
19801,840.471,653.511,756.092,120.532,860.94
19811,828.641,619.911,734.022,110.792,876.92
19821,809.881,616.491,722.992,105.622,889.91
19831,819.481,611.051,709.952,102.052,907.89
19841,835.541,616.81,698.922,114.672,903.9
19851,840.81,618.951,675.852,097.382,878.92
19861,821.11,6141,656.82,095.292,907.89
19871,828.611,618.481,633.732,100.662,876.92
19881,839.121,625.111,628.722,102.842,830.97
19891,852.081,628.651,605.652,076.72,728.08
19901,836.181,616.971,582.582,049.072,674.14
19911,827.741,593.451,553.52,002.952,658.16
19921,815.511,587.691,564.871,960.312,636.18
19931,831.551,583.981,538.691,906.052,653.16
19941,850.241,593.491,534.251,8972,637.18
19951,860.371,595.381,528.91,899.482,645.17
19961,865.891,594.881,515.51,902.662,634.18
19971,872.511,594.051,506.161,875.142,579.24
19981,883.081,590.171,503.011,854.672,485.34
19991,886.011,582.41,490.271,839.172,492.34
20001,887.581,567.91,464.531,846.722,509.32
20011,866.691,570.71,457.351,831.422,496.33
20021,847.991,554.571,448.341,8192,461.37
20031,832.541,546.061,443.071,822.582,421.41
20041,831.551,543.61,442.651,831.022,389.45
20051,829.111,546.391,431.891,818.72,348.49
20061,831.261,541.071,452.421,827.12,343.5
20071,828.841,542.771,453.861,818.52,303.54
20081,808.991,537.811,446.891,798.42,216.63
20091,764.891,517.311,406.771,7542,167.46
20101,773.371,521.831,425.371,773.42,153.41
20111,782.511,518.521,427.181,769.32,126.32
20121,784.71,531.421,4061,781.32,110.26
20131,791.311,540.171,395.731,762.92,100.23
20141,797.121,545.641,400.011,759.62,070.31
20151,808.721,543.131,401.591,752.22,077.29
20161,802.61,541.271,395.831,745.52,062.33
20171,795.581,542.261,388.211,745.32,012.47
20181,804.191,537.131,380.721,724.61,987.54
20191,796.651,544.631,372.041,687.81,963.22
20201,777.881,391.631,313.571,646.41,904.34
20211,788.71,489.711,341.881,650.91,911.72
20221,789.591,528.881,340.141,652.131,881.03
20231,788.881,522.81,335.271,653.91,910.23
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