Canada vs Portugal: Annual working hours per worker
Canada
1,731 hours per worker
in 2023
Portugal
1,735 hours per worker
in 2023
Canada rank
90th
Portugal rank
89th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Canada
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1,735 hours per worker against 1,731 hours per worker in Canada, a difference of 4 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 90th and Portugal ranks 89th of 130 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,188 hours per worker | 1,745 hours per worker | 443.39 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1960s | 2,051 hours per worker | 1,571 hours per worker | 479.89 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1970s | 1,903 hours per worker | 1,486 hours per worker | 417.08 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1980s | 1,838 hours per worker | 1,663 hours per worker | 175.91 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1990s | 1,832 hours per worker | 1,729 hours per worker | 102.88 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2000s | 1,781 hours per worker | 1,759 hours per worker | 22.4 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2010s | 1,751 hours per worker | 1,731 hours per worker | 19.35 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2020s | 1,698 hours per worker | 1,692 hours per worker | 6.32 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 Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1,735 hours per worker against 1,731 hours per worker in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Canada and Portugal?
- 4 hours per worker, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Portugal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Portugal rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Canada ranks 90th and Portugal ranks 89th 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.