Colombia vs Jordan: Annual working hours per worker

Colombia
2,471 hours per worker
in 2023
Jordan
2,483 hours per worker
in 2023
Colombia rank
6th
Jordan rank
4th

Annual working hours per worker over time

  • Colombia
  • Jordan
01.0k2.0k3.0k195019862023

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 2,483 hours per worker against 2,471 hours per worker in Colombia, a difference of 12 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Jordan ahead.

Colombia ranks 6th and Jordan ranks 4th of 130 countries.

Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Jordan Difference Ahead
2000s 2,459 hours per worker 2,475 hours per worker 15.05 hours per worker Jordan
2010s 2,406 hours per worker 2,464 hours per worker 57.81 hours per worker Jordan
2020s 2,362 hours per worker 2,465 hours per worker 102.89 hours per worker Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Colombia or Jordan?
Jordan, at 2,483 hours per worker against 2,471 hours per worker in Colombia as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Colombia and Jordan?
12 hours per worker, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Jordan?
19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Colombia and Jordan rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
Colombia ranks 6th and Jordan ranks 4th 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.

Individual pages

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.