Belgium vs Chad: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Belgium

1,593 hours per worker

in 2023

Chad

1,585 hours per worker

in 2023

Belgium rank

110th

Chad rank

112th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Belgium currently reports 1,593 hours per worker against 1,585 hours per worker in Chad, a difference of 7.9 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 110th and Chad ranks 112th 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.