Italy vs Qatar: Productivity: output per hour worked

Italy

67.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Qatar

69.42 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Italy rank

18th

Qatar rank

16th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

Italy
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 69.42 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 67.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Italy, a difference of 2.18 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Qatar ahead.

Globally, Italy ranks 18th and Qatar ranks 16th 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.