Poland vs United States: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Poland

1,807 hours per worker

in 2023

United States

1,789 hours per worker

in 2023

Poland rank

83rd

United States rank

86th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Poland currently reports 1,807 hours per worker against 1,789 hours per worker in United States, a difference of 18.04 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Poland ranks 83rd and United States ranks 86th 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.