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