Brazil vs Moldova: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Brazil

1,994 hours per worker

in 2023

Moldova

1,989 hours per worker

in 2023

Brazil rank

61st

Moldova rank

63rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Brazil currently reports 1,994 hours per worker against 1,989 hours per worker in Moldova, a difference of 4.55 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Brazil ranks 61st and Moldova ranks 63rd 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.