Bulgaria vs Ghana: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Bulgaria

1,659 hours per worker

in 2023

Ghana

1,656 hours per worker

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

94th

Ghana rank

95th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Bulgaria currently reports 1,659 hours per worker against 1,656 hours per worker in Ghana, a difference of 3.71 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Ghana ahead.

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 94th and Ghana ranks 95th 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.