Japan vs Mexico: Annual working hours per worker

Japan

1,654 hours per worker

in 2023

Mexico

1,629 hours per worker

in 2023

Japan rank

97th

Mexico rank

100th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Japan currently reports 1,654 hours per worker against 1,629 hours per worker in Mexico, a difference of 25.03 hours per worker.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 97th and Mexico ranks 100th of 130 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.