Annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Annual working hours per worker was 1,452 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg, 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
The most recent figure for annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg is 1,452 hours per worker, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg peaked at 1,751 hours per worker in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1,408 hours per worker, in 2020.
That places Luxembourg 122nd out of 130 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,703 hours per worker | 1,682 hours per worker | 1,751 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,660 hours per worker | 1,644 hours per worker | 1,691 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,615 hours per worker | 1,593 hours per worker | 1,657 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,577 hours per worker | 1,518 hours per worker | 1,605 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,511 hours per worker | 1,493 hours per worker | 1,521 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,447 hours per worker | 1,408 hours per worker | 1,467 hours per worker | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg?
- Annual working hours per worker in Luxembourg was 1,452 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 1,751 hours per worker in 1970.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,408 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Luxembourg ranks 122nd out of 130 regions with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.