Bulgaria vs Japan: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Bulgaria

1,659 hours per worker

in 2023

Japan

1,654 hours per worker

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

94th

Japan rank

96th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Bulgaria currently reports 1,659 hours per worker against 1,654 hours per worker in Japan, a difference of 5.43 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 94th and Japan ranks 96th 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.