Argentina vs Latvia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Argentina

1,612 hours per worker

in 2023

Latvia

1,625 hours per worker

in 2023

Argentina rank

103rd

Latvia rank

100th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Latvia currently reports 1,625 hours per worker against 1,612 hours per worker in Argentina, a difference of 13.12 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Argentina ahead.

Globally, Argentina ranks 103rd and Latvia ranks 100th of 129 countries.

Indicator: Annual working hours vs. productivity
Unit: hours per worker
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 129 places, 4,891 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.