Israel vs Malta: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Israel

1,890 hours per worker

in 2023

Malta

1,848 hours per worker

in 2023

Israel rank

75th

Malta rank

77th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Israel currently reports 1,890 hours per worker against 1,848 hours per worker in Malta, a difference of 42.37 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Malta ahead.

Globally, Israel ranks 75th and Malta ranks 77th 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.