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Botswana vs China: Productivity: output per hour worked

Botswana
18.36 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
China
17.69 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Botswana rank
80th
China rank
82nd

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Botswana
  • China
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 18.36 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 17.69 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in China, a difference of 0.6623 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 80th and China ranks 82nd of 130 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Productivity: output per hour worked
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
Source
Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
130 places, 4,965 data points, 1950–2023
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Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.