What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Morocco?

3 hours per worker, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Morocco?

19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Morocco: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita

Costa Rica

2,177 hours per worker

in 2023

Morocco

2,174 hours per worker

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

34th

Morocco rank

36th

Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita over time

Costa Rica
Morocco

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2,177 hours per worker against 2,174 hours per worker in Morocco, a difference of 3 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and Morocco ranks 36th of 130 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Morocco in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2,374 hours per worker	2,198 hours per worker	175.76 hours per worker	Costa Rica
2010s	2,183 hours per worker	2,209 hours per worker	26.28 hours per worker	Morocco
2020s	2,086 hours per worker	2,147 hours per worker	61.76 hours per worker	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or Morocco?: Costa Rica, at 2,177 hours per worker against 2,174 hours per worker in Morocco as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Morocco?: 3 hours per worker, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Morocco?: 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Morocco rank globally for annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 34th and Morocco ranks 36th of 130 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita
Unit: hours per worker
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 5,063 data points, 1870–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.