Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay
Uruguay: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita was 1,481 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay, 1990–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 1,481 hours per worker for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay peaked at 1,788 hours per worker in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,481 hours per worker, in 2023.
Uruguay ranks 121st of 130 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,758 hours per worker | 1,722 hours per worker | 1,788 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,635 hours per worker | 1,604 hours per worker | 1,704 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,559 hours per worker | 1,517 hours per worker | 1,598 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,501 hours per worker | 1,481 hours per worker | 1,523 hours per worker | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 118 Mozambique 1,507 hours per worker compare
- 119 Finland 1,497 hours per worker compare
- 120 France 1,487 hours per worker compare
- 123 Iceland 1,452 hours per worker compare
- 124 Netherlands 1,439 hours per worker compare
More work & labour data for Uruguay
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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+) 65.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 73.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 77.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 83.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 72.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay?
- Annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay was 1,481 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,788 hours per worker in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual working hours vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,481 hours per worker in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 121st out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.