Ecuador vs Ethiopia: Annual working hours per worker
Ecuador
1,594 hours per worker
in 2023
Ethiopia
1,599 hours per worker
in 2023
Ecuador rank
110th
Ethiopia rank
108th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Ecuador
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 1,599 hours per worker against 1,594 hours per worker in Ecuador, a difference of 5 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 110th and Ethiopia ranks 108th of 130 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,761 hours per worker | 1,498 hours per worker | 262.68 hours per worker | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 1,627 hours per worker | 1,557 hours per worker | 69.87 hours per worker | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1,560 hours per worker | 1,551 hours per worker | 9.27 hours per worker | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Ecuador or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 1,599 hours per worker against 1,594 hours per worker in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Ecuador and Ethiopia?
- 5 hours per worker, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Ethiopia?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Ethiopia rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Ecuador ranks 110th and Ethiopia ranks 108th 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.