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

19 hours per worker, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Poland 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.

Poland vs Romania: Annual working hours per worker

Poland

1,807 hours per worker

in 2023

Romania

1,826 hours per worker

in 2023

Poland rank

83rd

Romania rank

82nd

Annual working hours per worker over time

Poland
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 1,826 hours per worker against 1,807 hours per worker in Poland, a difference of 19 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 83rd and Romania ranks 82nd of 130 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Poland	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,862 hours per worker	1,851 hours per worker	11.06 hours per worker	Poland
2000s	1,854 hours per worker	1,850 hours per worker	4.44 hours per worker	Poland
2010s	1,817 hours per worker	1,807 hours per worker	9.66 hours per worker	Poland
2020s	1,808 hours per worker	1,802 hours per worker	6.07 hours per worker	Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Poland or Romania?: Romania, at 1,826 hours per worker against 1,807 hours per worker in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Poland and Romania?: 19 hours per worker, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Romania?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2023.
How do Poland and Romania rank globally for annual working hours per worker?: Poland ranks 83rd 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.