New Zealand vs Portugal: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita
New Zealand
1,708 hours per worker
in 2023
Portugal
1,735 hours per worker
in 2023
New Zealand rank
91st
Portugal rank
89th
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1,735 hours per worker against 1,708 hours per worker in New Zealand, a difference of 27 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 89th of 130 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,814 hours per worker | 1,486 hours per worker | 328.48 hours per worker | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1,798 hours per worker | 1,663 hours per worker | 135.41 hours per worker | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1,798 hours per worker | 1,729 hours per worker | 69.3 hours per worker | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1,772 hours per worker | 1,759 hours per worker | 12.87 hours per worker | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 1,725 hours per worker | 1,731 hours per worker | 6.6 hours per worker | Portugal |
| 2020s | 1,700 hours per worker | 1,692 hours per worker | 8 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, New Zealand or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1,735 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 New Zealand and Portugal?
- 27 hours per worker, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Portugal?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Portugal rank globally for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 89th 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.