Denmark vs Norway: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Denmark

1,380 hours per worker

in 2023

Norway

1,412 hours per worker

in 2023

Denmark rank

128th

Norway rank

126th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Norway currently reports 1,412 hours per worker against 1,380 hours per worker in Denmark, a difference of 32.12 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 128th and Norway ranks 126th 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.