Norway vs Yemen: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Norway

1,412 hours per worker

in 2023

Yemen

1,382 hours per worker

in 2023

Norway rank

126th

Yemen rank

127th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Norway currently reports 1,412 hours per worker against 1,382 hours per worker in Yemen, a difference of 29.96 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Yemen ahead.

Globally, Norway ranks 126th and Yemen ranks 127th 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.