Bangladesh vs Cambodia: Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita
Bangladesh
2,383 hours per worker
in 2023
Cambodia
2,389 hours per worker
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
10th
Cambodia rank
9th
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita over time
- Bangladesh
- Cambodia
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 2,389 hours per worker against 2,383 hours per worker in Bangladesh, a difference of 6 hours per worker.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 10th and Cambodia ranks 9th of 130 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Cambodia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,268 hours per worker | 2,081 hours per worker | 187.15 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 2,353 hours per worker | 2,109 hours per worker | 243.76 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 2,386 hours per worker | 2,118 hours per worker | 268 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 2,325 hours per worker | 2,282 hours per worker | 42.45 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 2,388 hours per worker | 2,363 hours per worker | 24.76 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 2,365 hours per worker | 2,359 hours per worker | 6.27 hours per worker | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual working hours vs. gdp per capita, Bangladesh or Cambodia?
- Cambodia, at 2,389 hours per worker against 2,383 hours per worker in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual working hours vs. gdp per capita between Bangladesh and Cambodia?
- 6 hours per worker, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Cambodia?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Cambodia rank globally for annual working hours vs. gdp per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 10th and Cambodia ranks 9th of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.