Employment and Labour Markets: Key Tables from OECD
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Average annual working time 2013/1
Hours per worker
Employment and labour markets: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2342 - © OECD 2013
| | Average annual working time | ||||||||
| | Hours per worker | ||||||||
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| | | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| | Australia | 1 725 | 1 715 | 1 711 | 1 716 | 1 685 | 1 687 | 1 693 | 1 728 |
| | Austria | 1 772 | 1 761 | 1 771 | 1 771 | 1 692 | 1 674 | 1 696 | 1 699 |
| | Belgium | 1 565 | 1 566 | 1 560 | 1 567 | 1 549 | 1 551 | 1 576 | 1 574 |
| | Canada | 1 745 | 1 743 | 1 739 | 1 733 | 1 700 | 1 701 | 1 698 | 1 710 |
| | Chile | 2 157 | 2 165 | 2 128 | 2 095 | 2 074 | 2 068 | 2 047 | 2 029 |
| | Czech Republic | 1 827 | 1 808 | 1 793 | 1 800 | 1 778 | 1 811 | 1 830 | 1 800 |
| | Denmark | 1 579 | 1 586 | 1 570 | 1 573 | 1 554 | 1 546 | 1 548 | 1 546 |
| | Estonia | 2 010 | 2 001 | 1 999 | 1 969 | 1 831 | 1 879 | 1 924 | 1 889 |
| | Finland | 1 716 | 1 709 | 1 706 | 1 688 | 1 673 | 1 677 | 1 680 | 1 672 |
| | France | 1 495 | 1 473 | 1 485 | 1 492 | 1 472 | 1 480 | 1 482 | 1 479 |
| | Germany | 1 431 | 1 424 | 1 422 | 1 422 | 1 383 | 1 407 | 1 406 | 1 397 |
| | Greece | 2 095 | 2 066 | 2 037 | 1 950 | 1 997 | 2 016 | 2 039 | 2 034 |
| | Hungary | 1 987 | 1 983 | 1 978 | 1 982 | 1 965 | 1 959 | 1 976 | 1 888 |
| | Iceland | 1 816 | 1 805 | 1 781 | 1 783 | 1 704 | 1 689 | 1 731 | 1 706 |
| | Ireland | 1 654 | 1 644 | 1 633 | 1 600 | 1 540 | 1 542 | 1 541 | 1 529 |
| | Israel 1 | 1 931 | 1 919 | 1 931 | 1 929 | 1 927 | 1 918 | 1 920 | 1 910 |
| | Italy | 1 819 | 1 815 | 1 816 | 1 803 | 1 771 | 1 772 | 1 772 | 1 752 |
| | Japan | 1 775 | 1 784 | 1 785 | 1 771 | 1 714 | 1 733 | 1 728 | 1 745 |
| | Korea | 2 351 | 2 346 | 2 306 | 2 246 | 2 232 | 2 187 | 2 090 | .. |
| | Luxembourg | 1 590 | 1 601 | 1 537 | 1 576 | 1 621 | 1 636 | 1 600 | 1 609 |
| | Mexico | 2 281 | 2 281 | 2 262 | 2 260 | 2 253 | 2 242 | 2 250 | 2 226 |
| | Netherlands | 1 393 | 1 392 | 1 388 | 1 392 | 1 384 | 1 381 | 1 382 | 1 381 |
| | New Zealand | 1 811 | 1 788 | 1 766 | 1 750 | 1 738 | 1 758 | 1 762 | 1 739 |
| | Norway | 1 423 | 1 420 | 1 426 | 1 430 | 1 407 | 1 415 | 1 421 | 1 420 |
| | Poland | 1 994 | 1 985 | 1 976 | 1 969 | 1 948 | 1 940 | 1 938 | 1 929 |
| | Portugal | 1 778 | 1 783 | 1 752 | 1 771 | 1 744 | 1 740 | 1 711 | 1 691 |
| | Slovak Republic | 1 769 | 1 774 | 1 791 | 1 793 | 1 780 | 1 807 | 1 793 | 1 785 |
| | Slovenia | 1 697 | 1 667 | 1 655 | 1 670 | 1 670 | 1 675 | 1 649 | 1 640 |
| | Spain | 1 686 | 1 673 | 1 658 | 1 663 | 1 670 | 1 674 | 1 685 | 1 686 |
| | Sweden | 1 605 | 1 599 | 1 618 | 1 617 | 1 609 | 1 635 | 1 636 | 1 621 |
| | Switzerland | 1 654 | 1 643 | 1 633 | 1 623 | 1 617 | 1 632 | 1 636 | .. |
| | Turkey | 1 936 | 1 944 | 1 911 | 1 900 | 1 881 | 1 877 | 1 864 | 1 855 |
| | United Kingdom | 1 673 | 1 669 | 1 677 | 1 659 | 1 651 | 1 652 | 1 625 | 1 654 |
| | United States | 1 799 | 1 800 | 1 798 | 1 792 | 1 767 | 1 778 | 1 787 | 1 790 |
| | OECD-Total | 1 804 | 1 802 | 1 797 | 1 789 | 1 761 | 1 766 | 1 765 | 1 765 |
| Last updated: 16 July 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | |||||||||
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| Source: Hours worked: Average annual hours actually worked, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database) | |||||||||