Botswana vs Iran: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Botswana

2,258 hours per worker

in 2023

Iran

2,246 hours per worker

in 2023

Botswana rank

22nd

Iran rank

23rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Botswana currently reports 2,258 hours per worker against 2,246 hours per worker in Iran, a difference of 11.98 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Botswana ranks 22nd 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.