Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2014, Mexico ranked the highest in Average Annual Hours Actually Worked Per Worker with 2,228 hours followed by Costa Rica and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Germany with 1,371 hours, Netherlands with 1,425 hours and Norway with 1,427 hours.
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1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
1,717 | 1,690 | 1,692 | 1,699 | 1,678 | |||||||||||||||
1,729 | 1,673 | 1,665 | 1,670 | 1,649 | |||||||||||||||
1,572 | 1,554 | 1,560 | 1,572 | 1,573 | ... | ||||||||||||||
1,675 | 1,675 | 1,673 | 1,668 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
1,734 | 1,702 | 1,703 | 1,700 | 1,713 | |||||||||||||||
... | 2,095 | 2,074 | 2,068 | 2,047 | 2,024 | ||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,321 | 2,354 | 2,287 | ||
1,790 | 1,779 | 1,800 | 1,806 | 1,776 | |||||||||||||||
1,450 | 1,446 | 1,436 | 1,455 | 1,443 | |||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,968 | 1,831 | 1,875 | 1,919 | 1,886 | ||||||||||
1,685 | 1,661 | 1,668 | 1,662 | 1,650 | |||||||||||||||
1,507 | 1,489 | 1,494 | 1,496 | 1,490 | |||||||||||||||
1,418 | 1,373 | 1,390 | 1,393 | 1,374 | |||||||||||||||
2,106 | 2,081 | 2,019 | 2,131 | 2,058 | |||||||||||||||
1,982 | 1,963 | 1,958 | 1,976 | 1,889 | |||||||||||||||
1,934 | 1,849 | 1,834 | 1,878 | 1,853 | |||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | 1,844 | 1,812 | 1,801 | 1,801 | 1,806 | ||||||||||||
1,929 | 1,927 | 1,918 | 1,920 | 1,910 | |||||||||||||||
1,807 | 1,776 | 1,777 | 1,773 | 1,734 | |||||||||||||||
1,771 | 1,714 | 1,733 | 1,728 | 1,745 | |||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,002 | 1,952 | 1,935 | 1,952 | 1,934 | ||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,937 | 1,848 | 1,858 | 1,840 | 1,846 | |||||||
1,584 | 1,628 | 1,643 | 1,607 | 1,615 | |||||||||||||||
2,260 | 2,253 | 2,242 | 2,250 | 2,226 | |||||||||||||||
1,430 | 1,422 | 1,421 | 1,422 | 1,426 | |||||||||||||||
1,761 | 1,740 | 1,755 | 1,746 | 1,734 | |||||||||||||||
1,430 | 1,407 | 1,415 | 1,421 | 1,420 | |||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,969 | 1,948 | 1,940 | 1,938 | 1,929 | ||||||||||
1,887 | 1,887 | 1,890 | 1,867 | 1,849 | |||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,106 | 2,101 | 2,096 | 2,096 | ... | ... | ... |
1,997 | 1,974 | 1,976 | 1,979 | 1,982 | |||||||||||||||
1,793 | 1,780 | 1,805 | 1,793 | 1,789 | |||||||||||||||
1,566 | 1,569 | 1,580 | 1,557 | 1,537 | |||||||||||||||
2,246 | 2,232 | 2,187 | 2,090 | 2,163 | ... | ||||||||||||||
1,713 | 1,720 | 1,710 | 1,717 | 1,704 | |||||||||||||||
1,617 | 1,609 | 1,635 | 1,632 | 1,618 | |||||||||||||||
1,623 | 1,615 | 1,613 | 1,607 | 1,592 | |||||||||||||||
1,900 | 1,881 | 1,877 | 1,864 | 1,855 | ... | ||||||||||||||
1,659 | 1,651 | 1,652 | 1,625 | 1,654 | |||||||||||||||
1,791 | 1,767 | 1,777 | 1,786 | 1,789 | |||||||||||||||
1,794 | 1,700 | 1,776 | 1,773 | 1,773 |