Cyprus vs Romania: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Cyprus

1,840 hours per worker

in 2023

Romania

1,826 hours per worker

in 2023

Cyprus rank

79th

Romania rank

82nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Cyprus currently reports 1,840 hours per worker against 1,826 hours per worker in Romania, a difference of 13.64 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Cyprus ahead.

Globally, Cyprus ranks 79th and Romania ranks 82nd 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.