Chile vs South Korea: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Chile

1,950 hours per worker

in 2023

South Korea

1,910 hours per worker

in 2023

Chile rank

70th

South Korea rank

73rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Chile currently reports 1,950 hours per worker against 1,910 hours per worker in South Korea, a difference of 39.48 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 70th and South Korea ranks 73rd 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.