Sweden vs Yemen: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Sweden

1,432 hours per worker

in 2023

Yemen

1,382 hours per worker

in 2023

Sweden rank

125th

Yemen rank

127th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Sweden currently reports 1,432 hours per worker against 1,382 hours per worker in Yemen, a difference of 49.4 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Sweden ranks 125th 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.