Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita

• Workers in richer countries tend to work fewer hours than workers in poorer countries.
• This is usually because wealthier countries have economies that enable workers to produce more value for each hour of work.
• Higher productivity per hour provides workers with higher incomes and allows them to work shorter hours.
• This data makes us rethink our notions of economic progress over the last century, and the nature of inequality between countries.
• The vertical axis shows the average hours worked per year by a resident of the country per year. The horizontal axis shows the GDP per capita
• Try hovering over some countries and you should see the total annual hours worked, along with their GDP per capita: