Finland vs Latvia: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male

Finland
40.06
in 2016
Latvia
40.27
in 2016
Finland rank
72nd
Latvia rank
70th

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male over time

  • Finland
  • Latvia
01020304050199520052016

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 40.27 against 40.06 in Finland, a difference of 0.21.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Latvia ahead.

Finland ranks 72nd and Latvia ranks 70th of 82 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Latvia Difference Ahead
1990s 40.17 43.36 3.19 Latvia
2000s 40.61 43.42 2.82 Latvia
2010s 40.22 40.49 0.2721 Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male, Finland or Latvia?
Latvia, at 40.27 against 40.06 in Finland as of 2016.
What is the difference in average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male between Finland and Latvia?
0.21, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Latvia?
14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
How do Finland and Latvia rank globally for average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male?
Finland ranks 72nd and Latvia ranks 70th of 82 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs Latvia: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male. Statizoid. Retrieved 25 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-weekly-working-hours-aged-15-64-male/finland/latvia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-weekly-working-hours-aged-15-64-male/finland/latvia/">Finland vs Latvia: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,165 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed