What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Jordan and United Arab Emirates?

31 hours per worker, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and United Arab Emirates?

19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.

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.

Jordan vs United Arab Emirates: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita

Jordan

2,483 hours per worker

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

2,514 hours per worker

in 2023

Jordan rank

4th

United Arab Emirates rank

3rd

Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita over time

Jordan
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 2,514 hours per worker against 2,483 hours per worker in Jordan, a difference of 31 hours per worker.

Across all 19 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

Jordan ranks 4th and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd of 130 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2,475 hours per worker	2,610 hours per worker	135.02 hours per worker	United Arab Emirates
2010s	2,464 hours per worker	2,655 hours per worker	191.15 hours per worker	United Arab Emirates
2020s	2,465 hours per worker	2,593 hours per worker	127.72 hours per worker	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita, Jordan or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 2,514 hours per worker against 2,483 hours per worker in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita between Jordan and United Arab Emirates?: 31 hours per worker, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and United Arab Emirates?: 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Jordan and United Arab Emirates rank globally for annual working hours per worker vs. gdp per capita?: Jordan ranks 4th and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd 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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Indicator: Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita
Unit: hours per worker
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 5,063 data points, 1870–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Average working hours per worker in a given year.