What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Cyprus and Romania?

14 hours per worker, with Cyprus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Romania?

29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.

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.

Cyprus vs Romania: Annual working hours per worker

Cyprus

1,840 hours per worker

in 2023

Romania

1,826 hours per worker

in 2023

Cyprus rank

79th

Romania rank

82nd

Annual working hours per worker over time

Cyprus
Romania

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 1,840 hours per worker against 1,826 hours per worker in Romania, a difference of 14 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 79th and Romania ranks 82nd of 130 countries.

Cyprus has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,907 hours per worker	1,851 hours per worker	56.56 hours per worker	Cyprus
2000s	1,885 hours per worker	1,850 hours per worker	35.22 hours per worker	Cyprus
2010s	1,827 hours per worker	1,807 hours per worker	19.68 hours per worker	Cyprus
2020s	1,805 hours per worker	1,802 hours per worker	2.64 hours per worker	Cyprus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Cyprus or Romania?: Cyprus, at 1,840 hours per worker against 1,826 hours per worker in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Cyprus and Romania?: 14 hours per worker, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Romania?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Romania rank globally for annual working hours per worker?: Cyprus ranks 79th and Romania ranks 82nd 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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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: 18 September 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.