Bulgaria vs Italy: Annual working hours per worker
Bulgaria
1,659 hours per worker
in 2023
Italy
1,701 hours per worker
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
94th
Italy rank
92nd
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1,701 hours per worker against 1,659 hours per worker in Bulgaria, a difference of 42 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Italy ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 94th and Italy ranks 92nd of 130 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,689 hours per worker | 1,841 hours per worker | 152.17 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2000s | 1,655 hours per worker | 1,788 hours per worker | 132.52 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2010s | 1,644 hours per worker | 1,700 hours per worker | 55.26 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2020s | 1,627 hours per worker | 1,640 hours per worker | 12.89 hours per worker | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Italy, at 1,701 hours per worker against 1,659 hours per worker in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 42 hours per worker, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Bulgaria ranks 94th and Italy ranks 92nd 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.