What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Latvia and Spain?

13 hours per worker, with Spain ahead.

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

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.

Latvia vs Spain: Annual working hours per worker

Latvia

1,625 hours per worker

in 2023

Spain

1,638 hours per worker

in 2023

Latvia rank

101st

Spain rank

99th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Latvia
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 1,638 hours per worker against 1,625 hours per worker in Latvia, a difference of 13 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 101st and Spain ranks 99th of 130 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,863 hours per worker	1,746 hours per worker	117 hours per worker	Latvia
2000s	1,814 hours per worker	1,730 hours per worker	83.98 hours per worker	Latvia
2010s	1,677 hours per worker	1,693 hours per worker	16.36 hours per worker	Spain
2020s	1,606 hours per worker	1,622 hours per worker	15.97 hours per worker	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Latvia or Spain?: Spain, at 1,638 hours per worker against 1,625 hours per worker in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Latvia and Spain?: 13 hours per worker, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Spain?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
How do Latvia and Spain rank globally for annual working hours per worker?: Latvia ranks 101st and Spain ranks 99th 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.