Kuwait vs Tunisia: Annual working hours per worker
Kuwait
2,318 hours per worker
in 2023
Tunisia
2,288 hours per worker
in 2023
Kuwait rank
16th
Tunisia rank
19th
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Kuwait
- Tunisia
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 2,318 hours per worker against 2,288 hours per worker in Tunisia, a difference of 30 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 16th and Tunisia ranks 19th of 130 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,393 hours per worker | 2,353 hours per worker | 39.96 hours per worker | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 2,356 hours per worker | 2,345 hours per worker | 11 hours per worker | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 2,318 hours per worker | 2,269 hours per worker | 48.91 hours per worker | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Kuwait or Tunisia?
- Kuwait, at 2,318 hours per worker against 2,288 hours per worker in Tunisia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Kuwait and Tunisia?
- 30 hours per worker, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Tunisia?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Tunisia rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Kuwait ranks 16th and Tunisia ranks 19th 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.