Annual working hours per worker in Slovakia
Slovakia: Annual working hours per worker was 1,621 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Slovakia, 1990–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 1,621 hours per worker for annual working hours per worker in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Slovakia peaked at 1,853 hours per worker in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,572 hours per worker, in 2020.
That places Slovakia 102nd out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,828 hours per worker | 1,816 hours per worker | 1,853 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,772 hours per worker | 1,698 hours per worker | 1,816 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,752 hours per worker | 1,692 hours per worker | 1,805 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,596 hours per worker | 1,572 hours per worker | 1,621 hours per worker | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Slovakia?
- Annual working hours per worker in Slovakia was 1,621 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours per worker recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,853 hours per worker in 1995.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,572 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Slovakia rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Slovakia ranks 102nd out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours per worker. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average working hours per worker in a given year.