Peru vs Vietnam: Annual working hours per worker
Peru
2,143 hours per worker
in 2023
Vietnam
2,160 hours per worker
in 2023
Peru rank
40th
Vietnam rank
37th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Peru
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 2,160 hours per worker against 2,143 hours per worker in Peru, a difference of 17 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Vietnam ahead.
Peru ranks 40th and Vietnam ranks 37th of 130 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 1 and Vietnam in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,152 hours per worker | 2,407 hours per worker | 254.39 hours per worker | Vietnam |
| 1990s | 2,116 hours per worker | 2,401 hours per worker | 285.08 hours per worker | Vietnam |
| 2000s | 2,107 hours per worker | 2,299 hours per worker | 192.67 hours per worker | Vietnam |
| 2010s | 2,134 hours per worker | 2,136 hours per worker | 2.15 hours per worker | Vietnam |
| 2020s | 2,109 hours per worker | 2,107 hours per worker | 1.94 hours per worker | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Peru or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 2,160 hours per worker against 2,143 hours per worker in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Peru and Vietnam?
- 17 hours per worker, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Vietnam?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2023.
- How do Peru and Vietnam rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Peru ranks 40th and Vietnam ranks 37th 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.