Canada vs Italy: Annual working hours per worker
Canada
1,731 hours per worker
in 2023
Italy
1,701 hours per worker
in 2023
Canada rank
90th
Italy rank
92nd
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Canada
- Italy
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1,731 hours per worker against 1,701 hours per worker in Italy, a difference of 30 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Italy ahead.
Canada ranks 90th and Italy ranks 92nd of 130 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 8 and Italy in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2,845 hours per worker | 3,000 hours per worker | 155 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1880s | 2,934 hours per worker | 3,008 hours per worker | 74 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1890s | 3,017 hours per worker | 3,006 hours per worker | 11 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1900s | 3,102 hours per worker | 3,014 hours per worker | 88 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1910s | 2,868 hours per worker | 2,953 hours per worker | 85 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1920s | 2,354 hours per worker | 2,153 hours per worker | 201 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1930s | 2,212 hours per worker | 2,162 hours per worker | 50 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1950s | 2,188 hours per worker | 2,102 hours per worker | 86.46 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1960s | 2,051 hours per worker | 2,054 hours per worker | 3.69 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1970s | 1,903 hours per worker | 1,897 hours per worker | 6.24 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1980s | 1,838 hours per worker | 1,840 hours per worker | 1.58 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1990s | 1,832 hours per worker | 1,834 hours per worker | 2.33 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2000s | 1,781 hours per worker | 1,788 hours per worker | 6.81 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2010s | 1,751 hours per worker | 1,700 hours per worker | 50.87 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2020s | 1,698 hours per worker | 1,640 hours per worker | 58.05 hours per worker | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Canada or Italy?
- Canada, at 1,731 hours per worker against 1,701 hours per worker in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Canada and Italy?
- 30 hours per worker, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Italy?
- 81 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Italy rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Canada ranks 90th 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.