Denmark vs Sweden: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Denmark

1,380 hours per worker

in 2023

Sweden

1,432 hours per worker

in 2023

Denmark rank

128th

Sweden rank

125th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Sweden currently reports 1,432 hours per worker against 1,380 hours per worker in Denmark, a difference of 51.56 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Denmark ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 128th and Sweden ranks 125th 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.