Colombia vs Qatar: Annual working hours per worker
Colombia
2,471 hours per worker
in 2023
Qatar
2,435 hours per worker
in 2023
Colombia rank
6th
Qatar rank
7th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Colombia
- Qatar
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2,471 hours per worker against 2,435 hours per worker in Qatar, a difference of 36 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Qatar ahead.
Colombia ranks 6th and Qatar ranks 7th of 130 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,459 hours per worker | 2,520 hours per worker | 60.55 hours per worker | Qatar |
| 2010s | 2,406 hours per worker | 2,585 hours per worker | 178.51 hours per worker | Qatar |
| 2020s | 2,362 hours per worker | 2,459 hours per worker | 96.53 hours per worker | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Colombia or Qatar?
- Colombia, at 2,471 hours per worker against 2,435 hours per worker in Qatar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Colombia and Qatar?
- 36 hours per worker, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Qatar?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Qatar rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Colombia ranks 6th and Qatar ranks 7th 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.