Canada vs New Zealand: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita
Canada
1,731 hours per worker
in 2023
New Zealand
1,708 hours per worker
in 2023
Canada rank
90th
New Zealand rank
91st
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1,731 hours per worker against 1,708 hours per worker in New Zealand, a difference of 23 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 90th and New Zealand ranks 91st of 130 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,903 hours per worker | 1,814 hours per worker | 88.61 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1980s | 1,838 hours per worker | 1,798 hours per worker | 40.5 hours per worker | Canada |
| 1990s | 1,832 hours per worker | 1,798 hours per worker | 33.58 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2000s | 1,781 hours per worker | 1,772 hours per worker | 9.53 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2010s | 1,751 hours per worker | 1,725 hours per worker | 25.96 hours per worker | Canada |
| 2020s | 1,698 hours per worker | 1,700 hours per worker | 1.67 hours per worker | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours vs. gdp per capita, Canada or New Zealand?
- Canada, at 1,731 hours per worker against 1,708 hours per worker in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours vs. gdp per capita between Canada and New Zealand?
- 23 hours per worker, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Canada ranks 90th and New Zealand ranks 91st of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.