Australia vs Estonia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Australia

1,611 hours per worker

in 2023

Estonia

1,606 hours per worker

in 2023

Australia rank

104th

Estonia rank

106th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Australia currently reports 1,611 hours per worker against 1,606 hours per worker in Estonia, a difference of 5.39 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Estonia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 104th and Estonia ranks 106th 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.