Belgium vs Malawi: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Belgium

1,593 hours per worker

in 2023

Malawi

1,596 hours per worker

in 2023

Belgium rank

110th

Malawi rank

108th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Malawi currently reports 1,596 hours per worker against 1,593 hours per worker in Belgium, a difference of 2.37 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Belgium ranks 110th and Malawi ranks 108th 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.