Annual working hours per worker in India
India: Annual working hours per worker was 2,383 hours per worker in 2023. ▲ Rising
Annual working hours per worker in India, 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
In 2023, annual working hours per worker in India stood at 2,383 hours per worker. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in India peaked at 2,605 hours per worker in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,383 hours per worker, in 2023.
India ranks 11th of 130 countries on this measure, 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 | 2,427 hours per worker | 2,419 hours per worker | 2,434 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,424 hours per worker | 2,418 hours per worker | 2,436 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,436 hours per worker | 2,433 hours per worker | 2,441 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,460 hours per worker | 2,446 hours per worker | 2,502 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,561 hours per worker | 2,506 hours per worker | 2,605 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,455 hours per worker | 2,383 hours per worker | 2,528 hours per worker | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in India?
- Annual working hours per worker in India was 2,383 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,605 hours per worker in 2019.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,383 hours per worker in 2023.
- How does India rank for annual working hours per worker?
- India ranks 11th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.