Finland vs France: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Finland

1,497 hours per worker

in 2023

France

1,487 hours per worker

in 2023

Finland rank

118th

France rank

119th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Finland currently reports 1,497 hours per worker against 1,487 hours per worker in France, a difference of 9.75 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

Globally, Finland ranks 118th and France ranks 119th 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.