Congo vs Sudan: Annual working hours per worker
Congo
2,534 hours per worker
in 2023
Sudan
2,658 hours per worker
in 2023
Congo rank
2nd
Sudan rank
1st
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Congo
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 2,658 hours per worker against 2,534 hours per worker in Congo, a difference of 124 hours per worker.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.
Congo ranks 2nd and Sudan ranks 1st of 130 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,512 hours per worker | 2,622 hours per worker | 110.07 hours per worker | Sudan |
| 2010s | 2,536 hours per worker | 2,649 hours per worker | 113.68 hours per worker | Sudan |
| 2020s | 2,497 hours per worker | 2,637 hours per worker | 140.56 hours per worker | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Congo or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 2,658 hours per worker against 2,534 hours per worker in Congo as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Congo and Sudan?
- 124 hours per worker, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Sudan?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Congo and Sudan rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Congo ranks 2nd and Sudan ranks 1st 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
Average working hours per worker in a given year.