Austria vs Sweden: Annual working hours per worker
Austria
1,438 hours per worker
in 2023
Sweden
1,432 hours per worker
in 2023
Austria rank
125th
Sweden rank
126th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1,438 hours per worker against 1,432 hours per worker in Sweden, a difference of 6 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 125th and Sweden ranks 126th of 130 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,937 hours per worker | 1,764 hours per worker | 173.16 hours per worker | Austria |
| 1960s | 1,871 hours per worker | 1,640 hours per worker | 231.31 hours per worker | Austria |
| 1970s | 1,774 hours per worker | 1,448 hours per worker | 325.67 hours per worker | Austria |
| 1980s | 1,708 hours per worker | 1,387 hours per worker | 320.27 hours per worker | Austria |
| 1990s | 1,687 hours per worker | 1,461 hours per worker | 225.52 hours per worker | Austria |
| 2000s | 1,636 hours per worker | 1,459 hours per worker | 176.9 hours per worker | Austria |
| 2010s | 1,520 hours per worker | 1,470 hours per worker | 49.63 hours per worker | Austria |
| 2020s | 1,428 hours per worker | 1,433 hours per worker | 4.59 hours per worker | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Austria or Sweden?
- Austria, at 1,438 hours per worker against 1,432 hours per worker in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Austria and Sweden?
- 6 hours per worker, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Austria ranks 125th and Sweden ranks 126th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average working hours per worker in a given year.