Latvia vs Syria: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Latvia

1,625 hours per worker

in 2023

Syria

1,621 hours per worker

in 2023

Latvia rank

100th

Syria rank

102nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Latvia currently reports 1,625 hours per worker against 1,621 hours per worker in Syria, a difference of 4.71 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Syria ahead.

Globally, Latvia ranks 100th and Syria ranks 102nd 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.