Denmark vs Germany: Annual working hours per worker

Denmark

1,380 hours per worker

in 2023

Germany

1,335 hours per worker

in 2023

Denmark rank

129th

Germany rank

130th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Denmark currently reports 1,380 hours per worker against 1,335 hours per worker in Germany, a difference of 44.67 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 129th and Germany ranks 130th of 130 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.