Turkey vs United States: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Turkey

1,747 hours per worker

in 2023

United States

1,789 hours per worker

in 2023

Turkey rank

88th

United States rank

86th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

United States currently reports 1,789 hours per worker against 1,747 hours per worker in Turkey, a difference of 41.42 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Turkey ahead.

Globally, Turkey ranks 88th 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.