Malawi vs Uganda: Productivity: output per hour worked

Malawi

3.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Uganda

3.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Malawi rank

124th

Uganda rank

123rd

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

Malawi
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 3.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 3.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Malawi, a difference of 0.3233 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

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

Globally, Malawi ranks 124th and Uganda ranks 123rd 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.