Austria vs Sweden: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Austria

1,438 hours per worker

in 2023

Sweden

1,432 hours per worker

in 2023

Austria rank

124th

Sweden rank

125th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Austria currently reports 1,438 hours per worker against 1,432 hours per worker in Sweden, a difference of 6.95 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Austria ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 124th and Sweden ranks 125th 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.