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Penn World Table (PWT)

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•130 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,941.3hours per worker
Median: 1,974.4hours per worker
Countries Covered
130
with available data
Highest
Sudan
2,658.0hours per worker
Lowest
Germany
1,335.3hours per worker
Top 5 Countries
1Sudan2,658.0hours per worker
2Republic of the Congo2,534.2hours per worker
3United Arab Emirates2,514.5hours per worker
4Jordan2,483.2hours per worker
5Pakistan2,471.1hours per worker
By Region
Asia2,146.2hours per worker(26 countries)
Africa2,046.9hours per worker(9 countries)
Other2,040.6hours per worker(50 countries)
South America1,892.0hours per worker(7 countries)
North America1,824.8hours per worker(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,335.3hours per worker)High (2,658.0hours per worker)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,941.3hours per worker)

Asia (26)
Africa (9)
Other (50)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Sudan2,658.0hours per worker
2Republic of the Congo2,534.2hours per worker
3United Arab Emirates2,514.5hours per worker
4Jordan2,483.2hours per worker
5Pakistan2,471.1hours per worker
6Colombia2,470.6hours per worker
7Qatar2,435.0hours per worker
8Lebanon2,412.0hours per worker
9Cambodia2,388.9hours per worker
10Bangladesh2,383.2hours per worker
11India2,382.6hours per worker
12Egypt2,368.5hours per worker
13Burkina Faso2,356.2hours per worker
14Senegal2,335.2hours per worker
15People's Republic of China2,327.8hours per worker
16Kuwait2,317.9hours per worker
17Zimbabwe2,311.0hours per worker
18Malaysia2,307.5hours per worker
19Tunisia2,288.0hours per worker
20Singapore2,283.2hours per worker
21Oman2,266.3hours per worker
22Botswana2,258.1hours per worker
23Islamic Republic of Iran2,246.1hours per worker
24Mali2,242.5hours per worker
25Hong Kong2,240.5hours per worker
26Algeria2,232.4hours per worker
27Zambia2,199.6hours per worker
28Myanmar2,197.0hours per worker
29Namibia2,184.0hours per worker
30South Africa2,181.4hours per worker
31Cameroon2,180.6hours per worker
32Turkmenistan2,178.6hours per worker
33Thailand2,177.2hours per worker
34Costa Rica2,176.9hours per worker
35Gabon2,174.2hours per worker
36Morocco2,173.7hours per worker
37Vietnam2,160.5hours per worker
38Albania2,152.0hours per worker
39Guatemala2,150.6hours per worker
40Peru2,143.0hours per worker
41Tajikistan2,134.3hours per worker
42United Republic of Tanzania2,128.7hours per worker
43Uganda2,127.9hours per worker
44Saudi Arabia2,124.5hours per worker
45Paraguay2,122.6hours per worker
46Bosnia and Herzegovina2,121.9hours per worker
47Angola2,114.5hours per worker
48Cote d'Ivoire2,103.1hours per worker
49Uzbekistan2,098.6hours per worker
50Philippines2,096.0hours per worker
51Russian Federation2,086.7hours per worker
52Dominican Republic2,072.2hours per worker
53Niger2,069.5hours per worker
54Nigeria2,061.7hours per worker
55Sri Lanka2,053.1hours per worker
56Bahrain2,052.4hours per worker
57Ukraine2,045.0hours per worker
58Kenya2,034.7hours per worker
59Taiwan, Province of China2,031.6hours per worker
60Serbia1,995.2hours per worker
61Brazil1,993.7hours per worker
62Mauritius1,989.9hours per worker
63Moldova, Republic of1,989.2hours per worker
64Armenia1,976.2hours per worker
65Kazakhstan1,974.7hours per worker
66Croatia1,974.0hours per worker
67Bolivia1,967.8hours per worker
68Jamaica1,962.7hours per worker
69Indonesia1,958.5hours per worker
70Chile1,949.7hours per worker
71The Republic of North Macedonia1,948.9hours per worker
72Georgia1,931.5hours per worker
73South Korea1,910.2hours per worker
74Greece1,893.1hours per worker
75Israel1,890.2hours per worker
76Belarus1,874.8hours per worker
77Malta1,847.8hours per worker
78Democratic Republic of the Congo1,841.0hours per worker
79Cyprus1,839.6hours per worker
80Kyrgyzstan1,830.1hours per worker
81Venezuela1,829.2hours per worker
82Romania1,825.9hours per worker
83Poland1,806.9hours per worker
84Madagascar1,799.3hours per worker
85Azerbaijan1,790.8hours per worker
86United States of America1,788.9hours per worker
87Czech Republic1,774.2hours per worker
88Türkiye1,747.5hours per worker
89Portugal1,734.9hours per worker
90Canada1,731.0hours per worker
91New Zealand1,707.5hours per worker
92Italy1,701.4hours per worker
93Hungary1,668.2hours per worker
94Bulgaria1,659.3hours per worker
95Ghana1,655.6hours per worker
96Ireland1,654.0hours per worker
97Japan1,653.9hours per worker
98Lithuania1,640.4hours per worker
99Spain1,638.0hours per worker
100Mexico1,628.9hours per worker
101Latvia1,625.2hours per worker
102Slovakia1,621.2hours per worker
103Syrian Arab Republic1,620.5hours per worker
104Argentina1,612.1hours per worker
105Australia1,611.1hours per worker
106Trinidad and Tobago1,609.8hours per worker
107Estonia1,605.7hours per worker
108Ethiopia1,599.4hours per worker
109Malawi1,595.7hours per worker
110Ecuador1,593.8hours per worker
111Belgium1,593.3hours per worker
112Slovenia1,587.6hours per worker
113Chad1,585.4hours per worker
114Rwanda1,584.3hours per worker
115Iraq1,583.2hours per worker
116Switzerland1,528.9hours per worker
117United Kingdom1,522.8hours per worker
118Mozambique1,506.8hours per worker
119Finland1,496.9hours per worker
120France1,487.1hours per worker
121Uruguay1,481.1hours per worker
122Luxembourg1,452.1hours per worker
123Iceland1,452.0hours per worker
124Netherlands1,438.7hours per worker
125Austria1,438.5hours per worker
126Sweden1,431.5hours per worker
127Norway1,412.1hours per worker
128Yemen1,382.1hours per worker
129Denmark1,379.9hours per worker
130Germany1,335.3hours per worker
Showing 130 of 130 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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