China vs Egypt: Annual working hours per worker
China
2,328 hours per worker
in 2023
Egypt
2,369 hours per worker
in 2023
China rank
15th
Egypt rank
12th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- China
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2,369 hours per worker against 2,328 hours per worker in China, a difference of 41 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was China ahead.
China ranks 15th and Egypt ranks 12th of 130 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,391 hours per worker | 2,367 hours per worker | 23.79 hours per worker | China |
| 2010s | 2,402 hours per worker | 2,357 hours per worker | 44.6 hours per worker | China |
| 2020s | 2,303 hours per worker | 2,282 hours per worker | 21.14 hours per worker | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, China or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 2,369 hours per worker against 2,328 hours per worker in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between China and Egypt?
- 41 hours per worker, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Egypt?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do China and Egypt rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- China ranks 15th and Egypt ranks 12th 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.