Egypt vs Mexico: Productivity: output per hour worked

Egypt
28.79 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Mexico
26.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Egypt rank
62nd
Mexico rank
65th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Egypt
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 28.79 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 26.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Mexico, a difference of 1.99 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mexico ahead.

Globally, Egypt ranks 62nd and Mexico ranks 65th 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

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.