Annual working hours per worker vs gdp per capita long run by country
Countries reporting
130
Highest
2,658
Sudan
Lowest
1,335
Germany
Median
1,974
Years covered
154
1870–2023
Data points
5,063
What the numbers show
Annual working hours per worker vs gdp per capita long run is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 2,658 in Sudan; the lowest is 1,335 in Germany.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,974, and the mean is 1,941.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 35.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 33.8%).
Annual working hours per worker vs gdp per capita long run: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan | 2,658 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Congo | 2,534 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2,514 | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 4 | Jordan | 2,483 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2,471 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 6 | Colombia | 2,471 | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 7 | Qatar | 2,435 | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 8 | Lebanon | 2,412 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | Cambodia | 2,389 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 2,383 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | India | 2,383 | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 2,369 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 2,356 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Senegal | 2,335 | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 15 | China | 2,328 | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Kuwait | 2,318 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 2,311 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 18 | Malaysia | 2,308 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 19 | Tunisia | 2,288 | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 20 | Singapore | 2,283 | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 21 | Oman | 2,266 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 22 | Botswana | 2,258 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 23 | Iran | 2,246 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Mali | 2,243 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 2,240 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 2,232 | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | Zambia | 2,200 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 2,197 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 29 | Namibia | 2,184 | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 30 | South Africa | 2,181 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 2,181 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 2,179 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 33 | Thailand | 2,177 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 2,177 | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 35 | Gabon | 2,174 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Morocco | 2,174 | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 37 | Vietnam | 2,160 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 38 | Albania | 2,152 | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 2,151 | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 40 | Peru | 2,143 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 2,134 | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 42 | Tanzania | 2,129 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 2,128 | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 2,125 | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 45 | Paraguay | 2,123 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,122 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 47 | Angola | 2,114 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,103 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 2,099 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 50 | Philippines | 2,096 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 51 | Russia | 2,087 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 2,072 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 53 | Niger | 2,069 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | Nigeria | 2,062 | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 2,053 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 56 | Bahrain | 2,052 | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 57 | Ukraine | 2,045 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Kenya | 2,035 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 59 | Taiwan | 2,032 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 60 | Serbia | 1,995 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 1,994 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Mauritius | 1,990 | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 63 | Moldova | 1,989 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 64 | Armenia | 1,976 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 1,975 | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Croatia | 1,974 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 67 | Bolivia | 1,968 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 68 | Jamaica | 1,963 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 69 | Indonesia | 1,958 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 1,950 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 1,949 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 1,932 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 73 | South Korea | 1,910 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 74 | Greece | 1,893 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 75 | Israel | 1,890 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 76 | Belarus | 1,875 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 77 | Malta | 1,848 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 78 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,841 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 79 | Cyprus | 1,840 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,830 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 81 | Venezuela | 1,829 | 2014 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 82 | Romania | 1,826 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 83 | Poland | 1,807 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 84 | Madagascar | 1,799 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1,791 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 86 | United States | 1,789 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 87 | Czechia | 1,774 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 88 | Turkey | 1,747 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 89 | Portugal | 1,735 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 90 | Canada | 1,731 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 91 | New Zealand | 1,708 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 92 | Italy | 1,701 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 1,668 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 1,659 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 95 | Ghana | 1,656 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 96 | Ireland | 1,654 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 97 | Japan | 1,654 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 98 | Lithuania | 1,640 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 99 | Spain | 1,638 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 1,629 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 101 | Latvia | 1,625 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 102 | Slovakia | 1,621 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Syria | 1,621 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 104 | Argentina | 1,612 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 105 | Australia | 1,611 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,610 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 1,606 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 1,599 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 109 | Malawi | 1,596 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 110 | Ecuador | 1,594 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 111 | Belgium | 1,593 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 1,588 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 113 | Chad | 1,585 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 114 | Rwanda | 1,584 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 115 | Iraq | 1,583 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 116 | Switzerland | 1,529 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 1,523 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 118 | Mozambique | 1,507 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 119 | Finland | 1,497 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 120 | France | 1,487 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 121 | Uruguay | 1,481 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 1,452 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 123 | Iceland | 1,452 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 124 | Netherlands | 1,439 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 125 | Austria | 1,438 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 1,432 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 127 | Norway | 1,412 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 128 | Yemen | 1,382 | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 129 | Denmark | 1,380 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 130 | Germany | 1,335 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |