France vs United Kingdom: Annual working hours vs. productivity

France

1,487 hours per worker

in 2023

United Kingdom

1,523 hours per worker

in 2023

France rank

119th

United Kingdom rank

116th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

United Kingdom currently reports 1,523 hours per worker against 1,487 hours per worker in France, a difference of 35.7 hours per worker.

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

Globally, France ranks 119th and United Kingdom ranks 116th 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.