Ireland vs Spain: Annual working hours per worker

Ireland

1,654 hours per worker

in 2023

Spain

1,638 hours per worker

in 2023

Ireland rank

96th

Spain rank

99th

Annual working hours per worker over time

Ireland currently reports 1,654 hours per worker against 1,638 hours per worker in Spain, a difference of 16.05 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 96th and Spain ranks 99th of 130 regions.

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.