France vs Iceland: Annual working hours vs. productivity

France

1,487 hours per worker

in 2023

Iceland

1,452 hours per worker

in 2023

France rank

119th

Iceland rank

122nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

France currently reports 1,487 hours per worker against 1,452 hours per worker in Iceland, a difference of 35.11 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was France ahead.

Globally, France ranks 119th and Iceland ranks 122nd 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.