Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Canada
Canada: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita was 1,731 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita in Canada, 1950–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
In 2023, annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Canada stood at 1,731 hours per worker.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Canada peaked at 2,241 hours per worker in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1,626 hours per worker, in 2020.
That places Canada 90th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,188 hours per worker | 2,135 hours per worker | 2,241 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,051 hours per worker | 1,970 hours per worker | 2,121 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,903 hours per worker | 1,863 hours per worker | 1,953 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,838 hours per worker | 1,812 hours per worker | 1,860 hours per worker | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,832 hours per worker | 1,820 hours per worker | 1,845 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,781 hours per worker | 1,738 hours per worker | 1,826 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,751 hours per worker | 1,738 hours per worker | 1,764 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,698 hours per worker | 1,626 hours per worker | 1,731 hours per worker | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Canada?
- Annual working hours vs. gdp per capita in Canada was 1,731 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,241 hours per worker in 1950.
- What is the lowest annual working hours vs. gdp per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,626 hours per worker in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Canada ranks 90th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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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About this data
This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.