Finland vs Switzerland: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Finland

1,497 hours per worker

in 2023

Switzerland

1,529 hours per worker

in 2023

Finland rank

118th

Switzerland rank

115th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Switzerland currently reports 1,529 hours per worker against 1,497 hours per worker in Finland, a difference of 32.09 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.

Globally, Finland ranks 118th and Switzerland ranks 115th 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.