Annual working hours per worker in Cambodia
Cambodia: Annual working hours per worker was 2,389 hours per worker in 2023. ▲ Rising
Annual working hours per worker in Cambodia, 1970–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 2,389 hours per worker for annual working hours per worker in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Cambodia peaked at 2,394 hours per worker in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,075 hours per worker, in 1975.
That places Cambodia 9th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,081 hours per worker | 2,075 hours per worker | 2,095 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,109 hours per worker | 2,102 hours per worker | 2,117 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,118 hours per worker | 2,083 hours per worker | 2,184 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,282 hours per worker | 2,214 hours per worker | 2,316 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,363 hours per worker | 2,320 hours per worker | 2,394 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,359 hours per worker | 2,283 hours per worker | 2,389 hours per worker | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More work & labour data for Cambodia
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 82.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 77.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 86.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 90.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Cambodia?
- Annual working hours per worker in Cambodia was 2,389 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours per worker recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,394 hours per worker in 2016.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,075 hours per worker in 1975.
- How does Cambodia rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Cambodia ranks 9th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours per worker. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average working hours per worker in a given year.