Germany vs Norway: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Germany

1,335 hours per worker

in 2023

Norway

1,412 hours per worker

in 2023

Germany rank

129th

Norway rank

126th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Norway currently reports 1,412 hours per worker against 1,335 hours per worker in Germany, a difference of 76.79 hours per worker.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

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

Globally, Germany ranks 129th and Norway ranks 126th 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.