Greece vs Israel: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Greece

1,893 hours per worker

in 2023

Israel

1,890 hours per worker

in 2023

Greece rank

74th

Israel rank

75th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Greece currently reports 1,893 hours per worker against 1,890 hours per worker in Israel, a difference of 2.85 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Greece ahead.

Globally, Greece ranks 74th and Israel ranks 75th 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.