Algeria vs Iran: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Algeria

2,232 hours per worker

in 2023

Iran

2,246 hours per worker

in 2023

Algeria rank

26th

Iran rank

23rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Iran currently reports 2,246 hours per worker against 2,232 hours per worker in Algeria, a difference of 13.67 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Algeria ranks 26th and Iran ranks 23rd of 129 countries.

Indicator: Annual working hours vs. productivity
Unit: hours per worker
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: 129 places, 4,891 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.