Brazil vs Taiwan: Annual working hours per worker
Brazil
1,994 hours per worker
in 2023
Taiwan
2,032 hours per worker
in 2023
Brazil rank
61st
Taiwan rank
59th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Brazil
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 2,032 hours per worker against 1,994 hours per worker in Brazil, a difference of 38 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 61st and Taiwan ranks 59th of 130 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Taiwan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,416 hours per worker | 2,287 hours per worker | 128.95 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 1960s | 2,476 hours per worker | 2,261 hours per worker | 215.16 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 1970s | 2,398 hours per worker | 2,252 hours per worker | 146.03 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 1980s | 2,252 hours per worker | 2,209 hours per worker | 42.55 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 1990s | 2,163 hours per worker | 2,150 hours per worker | 12.51 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2,094 hours per worker | 2,082 hours per worker | 11.98 hours per worker | Brazil |
| 2010s | 2,010 hours per worker | 2,067 hours per worker | 57.47 hours per worker | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 1,955 hours per worker | 2,025 hours per worker | 69.49 hours per worker | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Brazil or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 2,032 hours per worker against 1,994 hours per worker in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Brazil and Taiwan?
- 38 hours per worker, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Taiwan?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Taiwan rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Brazil ranks 61st and Taiwan ranks 59th 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
Average working hours per worker in a given year.