Argentina vs Australia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Argentina

1,612 hours per worker

in 2023

Australia

1,611 hours per worker

in 2023

Argentina rank

103rd

Australia rank

104th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Argentina currently reports 1,612 hours per worker against 1,611 hours per worker in Australia, a difference of 0.99 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Argentina ahead.

Globally, Argentina ranks 103rd and Australia ranks 104th 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.