Mexico vs Spain: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Mexico

1,629 hours per worker

in 2023

Spain

1,638 hours per worker

in 2023

Mexico rank

99th

Spain rank

98th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Spain currently reports 1,638 hours per worker against 1,629 hours per worker in Mexico, a difference of 9.12 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Mexico ranks 99th and Spain ranks 98th 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.