Annual working hours per worker in Latvia
Latvia: Annual working hours per worker was 1,625 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Latvia, 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 Latvia stood at 1,625 hours per worker.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Latvia peaked at 1,873 hours per worker in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,571 hours per worker, in 2020.
Latvia ranks 101st 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 | 1,863 hours per worker | 1,860 hours per worker | 1,867 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2000s | 1,814 hours per worker | 1,707 hours per worker | 1,873 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,677 hours per worker | 1,650 hours per worker | 1,707 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,606 hours per worker | 1,571 hours per worker | 1,630 hours per worker | 4 |
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- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.5% (2025)
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- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 76.6% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Latvia?
- Annual working hours per worker in Latvia was 1,625 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,873 hours per worker in 2001.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,571 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Latvia rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Latvia ranks 101st out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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.