Belgium vs Ecuador: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Belgium

1,593 hours per worker

in 2023

Ecuador

1,594 hours per worker

in 2023

Belgium rank

110th

Ecuador rank

109th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Ecuador currently reports 1,594 hours per worker against 1,593 hours per worker in Belgium, a difference of 0.48 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Ecuador ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 110th and Ecuador ranks 109th 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.