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

14 hours per worker, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan 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.

Japan vs Lithuania: Annual working hours per worker

Japan

1,654 hours per worker

in 2023

Lithuania

1,640 hours per worker

in 2023

Japan rank

97th

Lithuania rank

98th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Japan
Lithuania

How they compare

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

Across all 29 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 97th and Lithuania ranks 98th of 130 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,874 hours per worker	1,561 hours per worker	313.04 hours per worker	Japan
2000s	1,817 hours per worker	1,667 hours per worker	149.74 hours per worker	Japan
2010s	1,750 hours per worker	1,671 hours per worker	79.67 hours per worker	Japan
2020s	1,651 hours per worker	1,620 hours per worker	30.8 hours per worker	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Japan or Lithuania?: Japan, 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 Japan and Lithuania?: 14 hours per worker, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
How do Japan and Lithuania rank globally for annual working hours per worker?: Japan ranks 97th 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.