Costa Rica vs Thailand: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita

Costa Rica
2,177 hours per worker
in 2023
Thailand
2,177 hours per worker
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
34th
Thailand rank
33rd

Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 2,177 hours per worker against 2,177 hours per worker in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Thailand ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 33rd of 130 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Thailand Difference Ahead
1980s 2,345 hours per worker 2,750 hours per worker 404.23 hours per worker Thailand
1990s 2,359 hours per worker 2,655 hours per worker 295.89 hours per worker Thailand
2000s 2,366 hours per worker 2,437 hours per worker 70.77 hours per worker Thailand
2010s 2,183 hours per worker 2,256 hours per worker 73.78 hours per worker Thailand
2020s 2,086 hours per worker 2,138 hours per worker 52.65 hours per worker Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or Thailand?
Thailand, at 2,177 hours per worker against 2,177 hours per worker in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Thailand?
0 hours per worker, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Thailand?
37 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Thailand rank globally for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 33rd 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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Indicator
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita
Unit
hours per worker
Source
Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
130 places, 4,965 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.