Burkina Faso vs China: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Burkina Faso

2,356 hours per worker

in 2023

China

2,328 hours per worker

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

13th

China rank

15th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Burkina Faso currently reports 2,356 hours per worker against 2,328 hours per worker in China, a difference of 28.4 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 13th and China ranks 15th 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.