How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Syria?

16 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Latvia vs Syria: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita

Latvia

1,625 hours per worker

in 2023

Syria

1,621 hours per worker

in 2023

Latvia rank

101st

Syria rank

103rd

Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita over time

Latvia
Syria

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 1,625 hours per worker against 1,621 hours per worker in Syria, a difference of 4 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Syria ahead.

Latvia ranks 101st and Syria ranks 103rd of 130 countries.

Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Syria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1,785 hours per worker	2,209 hours per worker	424.15 hours per worker	Syria
2010s	1,685 hours per worker	1,900 hours per worker	214.54 hours per worker	Syria
2020s	1,606 hours per worker	1,623 hours per worker	16.7 hours per worker	Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita, Latvia or Syria?: Latvia, at 1,625 hours per worker against 1,621 hours per worker in Syria as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Latvia and Syria?: 4 hours per worker, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Syria?: 16 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Latvia and Syria rank globally for annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita?: Latvia ranks 101st and Syria ranks 103rd of 130 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita
Unit: hours per worker
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 5,063 data points, 1870–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.