Chile vs Malaysia: Productivity: output per hour worked

Chile

32.02 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Malaysia

29.75 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Chile rank

58th

Malaysia rank

60th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

Chile
Malaysia

How they compare

Chile currently reports 32.02 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 29.75 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Malaysia, a difference of 2.27 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 58th and Malaysia ranks 60th 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
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.