Rwanda vs Tanzania: Productivity: output per hour worked

Rwanda
4.48 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Tanzania
4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Rwanda rank
116th
Tanzania rank
119th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 4.48 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Tanzania, a difference of 0.1959 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Tanzania ahead.

Globally, Rwanda ranks 116th and Tanzania ranks 119th 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.