Italy vs New Zealand: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita
Italy
1,701 hours per worker
in 2023
New Zealand
1,708 hours per worker
in 2023
Italy rank
92nd
New Zealand rank
91st
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita over time
- Italy
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1,708 hours per worker against 1,701 hours per worker in Italy, a difference of 7 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 92nd and New Zealand ranks 91st of 130 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,897 hours per worker | 1,814 hours per worker | 82.36 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1980s | 1,840 hours per worker | 1,798 hours per worker | 42.09 hours per worker | Italy |
| 1990s | 1,834 hours per worker | 1,798 hours per worker | 35.91 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2000s | 1,788 hours per worker | 1,772 hours per worker | 16.34 hours per worker | Italy |
| 2010s | 1,700 hours per worker | 1,725 hours per worker | 24.91 hours per worker | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1,640 hours per worker | 1,700 hours per worker | 59.72 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, Italy or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 1,708 hours per worker against 1,701 hours per worker in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours vs. gdp per capita between Italy and New Zealand?
- 7 hours per worker, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and New Zealand?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Italy and New Zealand rank globally for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Italy ranks 92nd 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.