Jamaica vs Kazakhstan: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita
Jamaica
1,963 hours per worker
in 2023
Kazakhstan
1,975 hours per worker
in 2023
Jamaica rank
68th
Kazakhstan rank
65th
Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita over time
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 1,975 hours per worker against 1,963 hours per worker in Jamaica, a difference of 12 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 68th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th of 130 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Kazakhstan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,960 hours per worker | 1,927 hours per worker | 32.73 hours per worker | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1,936 hours per worker | 1,973 hours per worker | 37.12 hours per worker | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 1,926 hours per worker | 1,941 hours per worker | 15.36 hours per worker | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita, Jamaica or Kazakhstan?
- Kazakhstan, at 1,975 hours per worker against 1,963 hours per worker in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Jamaica and Kazakhstan?
- 12 hours per worker, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Kazakhstan?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Jamaica and Kazakhstan rank globally for annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 68th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours per worker 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
Average working hours per worker in a given year.