Belarus vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Belarus

1,875 hours per worker

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo

1,841 hours per worker

in 2023

Belarus rank

76th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

78th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Belarus
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 1,875 hours per worker against 1,841 hours per worker in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 33.87 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Belarus ranks 76th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 78th of 129 countries.

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About this data

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.