Bangladesh vs India: Annual working hours per worker

Bangladesh
2,383 hours per worker
in 2023
India
2,383 hours per worker
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
10th
India rank
11th

Annual working hours per worker over time

  • Bangladesh
  • India
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 2,383 hours per worker against 2,383 hours per worker in India, a difference of 0 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was India ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 10th and India ranks 11th of 130 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh India Difference Ahead
1970s 2,268 hours per worker 2,427 hours per worker 158.51 hours per worker India
1980s 2,353 hours per worker 2,424 hours per worker 71.55 hours per worker India
1990s 2,386 hours per worker 2,436 hours per worker 50.1 hours per worker India
2000s 2,325 hours per worker 2,460 hours per worker 135.74 hours per worker India
2010s 2,388 hours per worker 2,561 hours per worker 173.03 hours per worker India
2020s 2,365 hours per worker 2,455 hours per worker 90.13 hours per worker India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Bangladesh or India?
Bangladesh, at 2,383 hours per worker against 2,383 hours per worker in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Bangladesh and India?
0 hours per worker, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
Bangladesh ranks 10th and India ranks 11th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual working hours per worker
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

Average working hours per worker in a given year.