Annual working hours per worker in Senegal
Senegal: Annual working hours per worker was 2,335 hours per worker in 2023. ▲ Rising
Annual working hours per worker in Senegal, 2005–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 2,335 hours per worker for annual working hours per worker in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Senegal peaked at 2,335 hours per worker in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,867 hours per worker, in 2008.
That places Senegal 14th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,877 hours per worker | 1,867 hours per worker | 1,891 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2010s | 2,015 hours per worker | 1,877 hours per worker | 2,315 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,289 hours per worker | 2,218 hours per worker | 2,335 hours per worker | 4 |
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More work & labour data for Senegal
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 52.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 65.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 58.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 38.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 53.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 39.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Senegal?
- Annual working hours per worker in Senegal was 2,335 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours per worker recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,335 hours per worker in 2023.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,867 hours per worker in 2008.
- How does Senegal rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Senegal ranks 14th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours per worker. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average working hours per worker in a given year.