Bulgaria vs Japan: Annual working hours per worker
Bulgaria
1,659 hours per worker
in 2023
Japan
1,654 hours per worker
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
94th
Japan rank
97th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Bulgaria
- Japan
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1,659 hours per worker against 1,654 hours per worker in Japan, a difference of 5 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Japan ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 94th and Japan ranks 97th of 130 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,689 hours per worker | 1,874 hours per worker | 185.18 hours per worker | Japan |
| 2000s | 1,655 hours per worker | 1,817 hours per worker | 161.27 hours per worker | Japan |
| 2010s | 1,644 hours per worker | 1,750 hours per worker | 105.69 hours per worker | Japan |
| 2020s | 1,627 hours per worker | 1,651 hours per worker | 23.82 hours per worker | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Bulgaria or Japan?
- Bulgaria, at 1,659 hours per worker against 1,654 hours per worker in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Bulgaria and Japan?
- 5 hours per worker, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Japan?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Japan rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Bulgaria ranks 94th and Japan ranks 97th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average working hours per worker in a given year.