Austria vs Norway: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Austria

1,438 hours per worker

in 2023

Norway

1,412 hours per worker

in 2023

Austria rank

124th

Norway rank

126th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Austria currently reports 1,438 hours per worker against 1,412 hours per worker in Norway, a difference of 26.39 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 124th and Norway ranks 126th 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.