Czechia vs United States: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Czechia

1,774 hours per worker

in 2023

United States

1,789 hours per worker

in 2023

Czechia rank

87th

United States rank

86th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

United States currently reports 1,789 hours per worker against 1,774 hours per worker in Czechia, a difference of 14.73 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Czechia ahead.

Globally, Czechia ranks 87th and United States ranks 86th 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.