Poland vs Romania: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Poland

1,807 hours per worker

in 2023

Romania

1,826 hours per worker

in 2023

Poland rank

83rd

Romania rank

82nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Romania currently reports 1,826 hours per worker against 1,807 hours per worker in Poland, a difference of 19 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Poland ahead.

Globally, Poland ranks 83rd and Romania ranks 82nd 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.