Australia vs Syria: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Australia

1,611 hours per worker

in 2023

Syria

1,621 hours per worker

in 2023

Australia rank

104th

Syria rank

102nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Syria currently reports 1,621 hours per worker against 1,611 hours per worker in Australia, a difference of 9.4 hours per worker.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Syria has been ahead every year.

Globally, Australia ranks 104th and Syria ranks 102nd 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.