Annual working hours per worker in Colombia
Colombia: Annual working hours per worker was 2,471 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Colombia, 1950–2023
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
In 2023, annual working hours per worker in Colombia stood at 2,471 hours per worker.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Colombia peaked at 2,787 hours per worker in 1950 and was at its lowest, 2,069 hours per worker, in 2020.
Colombia ranks 6th of 130 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,730 hours per worker | 2,673 hours per worker | 2,787 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,635 hours per worker | 2,609 hours per worker | 2,661 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,551 hours per worker | 2,500 hours per worker | 2,603 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,431 hours per worker | 2,374 hours per worker | 2,488 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,354 hours per worker | 2,338 hours per worker | 2,369 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,425 hours per worker | 2,347 hours per worker | 2,503 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,406 hours per worker | 2,376 hours per worker | 2,454 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,362 hours per worker | 2,069 hours per worker | 2,504 hours per worker | 4 |
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More work & labour data for Colombia
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- 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+) 63.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 68.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 69.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Colombia?
- Annual working hours per worker in Colombia was 2,471 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,787 hours per worker in 1950.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,069 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Colombia ranks 6th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.