Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Austria
Austria: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita was 1,438 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Austria, 1950–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
Austria recorded 1,438 hours per worker for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Austria peaked at 1,948 hours per worker in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1,399 hours per worker, in 2020.
Austria ranks 125th of 130 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,937 hours per worker | 1,926 hours per worker | 1,948 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,871 hours per worker | 1,820 hours per worker | 1,924 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,774 hours per worker | 1,723 hours per worker | 1,848 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,708 hours per worker | 1,690 hours per worker | 1,757 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,687 hours per worker | 1,658 hours per worker | 1,716 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,636 hours per worker | 1,561 hours per worker | 1,680 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,520 hours per worker | 1,495 hours per worker | 1,560 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,428 hours per worker | 1,399 hours per worker | 1,439 hours per worker | 4 |
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- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.1% (2025)
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- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.1% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Austria?
- Annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Austria was 1,438 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours vs. gdp per capita recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,948 hours per worker in 1950.
- What is the lowest annual working hours vs. gdp per capita recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,399 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Austria rank for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Austria ranks 125th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.