Romania vs Venezuela: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Romania

1,826 hours per worker

in 2023

Venezuela

1,829 hours per worker

in 2014

Romania rank

82nd

Venezuela rank

81st

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Venezuela currently reports 1,829 hours per worker against 1,826 hours per worker in Romania, a difference of 3.26 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Venezuela ahead.

Globally, Romania ranks 82nd and Venezuela ranks 81st 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.