Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia

Latvia: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male was 0.1% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.1%
Change on year
down 8.6%
World rank
79th
of 82 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2005
All-time low
0.1%
in 2016
Years of data
19
1998–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia, 1998–2016

0.050.10.150.20.250.31998200720161998: 0.228 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.253 % of male employed population in working age2000: 0.236 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.255 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.263 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.262 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.22 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.286 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.249 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.215 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.181 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.102 % of male employed population in working age2010: 0.094 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.09 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.063 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.079 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.072 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.062 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.057 % of male employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia is 0.1%, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and down 77.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia peaked at 0.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.

That places Latvia 79th out of 82 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Latvia, 1998 to 2016.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1998 0.2%
1999 0.3% +11.1%
2000 0.2% -6.7%
2001 0.3% +8.2%
2002 0.3% +2.9%
2003 0.3% -0.4%
2004 0.2% -15.8%
2005 0.3% +30.0%
2006 0.2% -13.1%
2007 0.2% -13.8%
2008 0.2% -15.7%
2009 0.1% -43.7%
2010 0.1% -7.4%
2011 0.1% -4.3%
2012 0.1% -30.2%
2013 0.1% +26.1%
2014 0.1% -8.8%
2015 0.1% -13.8%
2016 0.1% -8.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 2
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 10
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 7

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 76 Hungary 0.1% compare
  2. 77 Bulgaria 0.1% compare
  3. 78 Romania 0.1% compare
  4. 80 Republic of Moldova 0.0% compare
  5. 81 Lithuania 0.0% compare
  6. 82 Puerto Rico 0.0%

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Latvia was 0.1% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2005.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
How does Latvia rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male?
Latvia ranks 79th out of 82 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is down 77.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Latvia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,165 data points, 1970–2021
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