South Korea vs North Macedonia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

South Korea

1,910 hours per worker

in 2023

North Macedonia

1,949 hours per worker

in 2023

South Korea rank

73rd

North Macedonia rank

71st

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

North Macedonia currently reports 1,949 hours per worker against 1,910 hours per worker in South Korea, a difference of 38.66 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 73rd and North Macedonia ranks 71st 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.