Annual working hours per worker in Ecuador
Ecuador: Annual working hours per worker was 1,594 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Ecuador, 1995–2023
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 Ecuador stood at 1,594 hours per worker.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Ecuador peaked at 1,943 hours per worker in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,483 hours per worker, in 2020.
Ecuador ranks 110th of 130 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,904 hours per worker | 1,789 hours per worker | 1,943 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2000s | 1,786 hours per worker | 1,729 hours per worker | 1,835 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,627 hours per worker | 1,552 hours per worker | 1,719 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,560 hours per worker | 1,483 hours per worker | 1,594 hours per worker | 4 |
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More work & labour data for Ecuador
- 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+) 64.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.9% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 68.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Ecuador?
- Annual working hours per worker in Ecuador was 1,594 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,943 hours per worker in 1995.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,483 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Ecuador rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Ecuador ranks 110th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.