Mexico vs Spain: Annual working hours per worker
Mexico
1,629 hours per worker
in 2023
Spain
1,638 hours per worker
in 2023
Mexico rank
100th
Spain rank
99th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Mexico
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1,638 hours per worker against 1,629 hours per worker in Mexico, a difference of 9 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.
Mexico ranks 100th and Spain ranks 99th of 130 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,816 hours per worker | 2,182 hours per worker | 365.97 hours per worker | Spain |
| 1960s | 1,782 hours per worker | 2,048 hours per worker | 266.36 hours per worker | Spain |
| 1970s | 1,737 hours per worker | 1,982 hours per worker | 245.35 hours per worker | Spain |
| 1980s | 1,734 hours per worker | 1,806 hours per worker | 72.4 hours per worker | Spain |
| 1990s | 1,719 hours per worker | 1,744 hours per worker | 25.42 hours per worker | Spain |
| 2000s | 1,656 hours per worker | 1,730 hours per worker | 73.71 hours per worker | Spain |
| 2010s | 1,639 hours per worker | 1,693 hours per worker | 54.71 hours per worker | Spain |
| 2020s | 1,621 hours per worker | 1,622 hours per worker | 1.21 hours per worker | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Mexico or Spain?
- Spain, at 1,638 hours per worker against 1,629 hours per worker in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Mexico and Spain?
- 9 hours per worker, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Mexico ranks 100th 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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About this data
Average working hours per worker in a given year.