The present application provides a pixel driving circuit, a display apparatus and a method for driving a pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a duration control sub-circuit and a data writing sub-circuit. The driving sub-circuit is electrically coupled to the duration control sub-circuit and the data writing sub-circuit, respectively, the data writing sub-circuit is configured to transmit a data signal to the driving sub-circuit, the duration control sub-circuit is configured to control a turned-on duration of the driving sub-circuit, and the driving sub-circuit is configured to control a current of a to-be-driven element according to the data signal during the turned-on duration. The display apparatus includes the pixel driving circuit provided by the present application. The method is applied to the pixel driving circuit provided by the present application.