Peru vs Tanzania: Annual working hours per worker
Peru
2,143 hours per worker
in 2023
Tanzania
2,129 hours per worker
in 2023
Peru rank
40th
Tanzania rank
42nd
Annual working hours per worker over time
- Peru
- Tanzania
How they compare
Peru currently reports 2,143 hours per worker against 2,129 hours per worker in Tanzania, a difference of 14 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 40th and Tanzania ranks 42nd of 130 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,113 hours per worker | 1,748 hours per worker | 365.47 hours per worker | Peru |
| 2010s | 2,134 hours per worker | 1,904 hours per worker | 229.46 hours per worker | Peru |
| 2020s | 2,109 hours per worker | 2,097 hours per worker | 12.2 hours per worker | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours per worker, Peru or Tanzania?
- Peru, at 2,143 hours per worker against 2,129 hours per worker in Tanzania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours per worker between Peru and Tanzania?
- 14 hours per worker, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Tanzania?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Peru and Tanzania rank globally for annual working hours per worker?
- Peru ranks 40th and Tanzania ranks 42nd 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.