What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Ireland and Lithuania?

14 hours per worker, with Ireland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Lithuania?

29 years are reported by both, from 1995 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ireland vs Lithuania: Annual working hours per worker

Ireland

1,654 hours per worker

in 2023

Lithuania

1,640 hours per worker

in 2023

Ireland rank

96th

Lithuania rank

98th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Ireland
Lithuania

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1,654 hours per worker against 1,640 hours per worker in Lithuania, a difference of 14 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 96th and Lithuania ranks 98th of 130 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,942 hours per worker	1,561 hours per worker	381.04 hours per worker	Ireland
2000s	1,803 hours per worker	1,667 hours per worker	135.62 hours per worker	Ireland
2010s	1,713 hours per worker	1,671 hours per worker	42.7 hours per worker	Ireland
2020s	1,656 hours per worker	1,620 hours per worker	35.62 hours per worker	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Ireland or Lithuania?: Ireland, at 1,654 hours per worker against 1,640 hours per worker in Lithuania as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Ireland and Lithuania?: 14 hours per worker, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Lithuania?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
How do Ireland and Lithuania rank globally for annual working hours per worker?: Ireland ranks 96th and Lithuania ranks 98th 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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Indicator: Annual working hours per worker
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: 18 September 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.