Israel vs South Korea: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Israel

1,890 hours per worker

in 2023

South Korea

1,910 hours per worker

in 2023

Israel rank

75th

South Korea rank

73rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

South Korea currently reports 1,910 hours per worker against 1,890 hours per worker in Israel, a difference of 20.02 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1981 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, Israel ranks 75th and South Korea ranks 73rd 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.