Canada vs Turkey: Annual working hours per worker

Canada
1,731 hours per worker
in 2023
Turkey
1,747 hours per worker
in 2023
Canada rank
90th
Turkey rank
88th

Annual working hours per worker over time

  • Canada
  • Turkey
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How they compare

Turkey currently reports 1,747 hours per worker against 1,731 hours per worker in Canada, a difference of 16 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Turkey ahead.

Canada ranks 90th and Turkey ranks 88th of 130 countries.

Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Turkey Difference Ahead
1970s 1,903 hours per worker 2,032 hours per worker 128.49 hours per worker Turkey
1980s 1,838 hours per worker 1,898 hours per worker 60.03 hours per worker Turkey
1990s 1,832 hours per worker 1,889 hours per worker 57.12 hours per worker Turkey
2000s 1,781 hours per worker 1,926 hours per worker 144.32 hours per worker Turkey
2010s 1,751 hours per worker 1,811 hours per worker 60.42 hours per worker Turkey
2020s 1,698 hours per worker 1,703 hours per worker 4.86 hours per worker Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Canada or Turkey?
Turkey, at 1,747 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 Turkey?
16 hours per worker, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Turkey?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Canada and Turkey rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
Canada ranks 90th and Turkey ranks 88th 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

Indicator
Annual working hours per worker
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

Average working hours per worker in a given year.