Luxembourg vs Uruguay: Annual working hours per worker
Luxembourg
1,452 hours per worker
in 2023
Uruguay
1,481 hours per worker
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
122nd
Uruguay rank
121st
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Luxembourg
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 1,481 hours per worker against 1,452 hours per worker in Luxembourg, a difference of 29 hours per worker.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Luxembourg ranks 122nd and Uruguay ranks 121st of 130 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,615 hours per worker | 1,758 hours per worker | 143.26 hours per worker | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1,577 hours per worker | 1,635 hours per worker | 57.91 hours per worker | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1,511 hours per worker | 1,559 hours per worker | 48.05 hours per worker | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 1,447 hours per worker | 1,501 hours per worker | 54.65 hours per worker | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Luxembourg or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 1,481 hours per worker against 1,452 hours per worker in Luxembourg as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Luxembourg and Uruguay?
- 29 hours per worker, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Uruguay?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and Uruguay rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Luxembourg ranks 122nd and Uruguay ranks 121st 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.