Malawi vs Mozambique: Productivity: output per hour worked

Malawi
3.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Mozambique
2.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Malawi rank
124th
Mozambique rank
127th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
01234200520142023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 3.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 2.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Mozambique, a difference of 0.5335 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Mozambique ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 124th and Mozambique ranks 127th 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.