Cameroon vs Turkmenistan: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Cameroon

2,181 hours per worker

in 2023

Turkmenistan

2,179 hours per worker

in 2023

Cameroon rank

31st

Turkmenistan rank

32nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Cameroon currently reports 2,181 hours per worker against 2,179 hours per worker in Turkmenistan, a difference of 2 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Cameroon ranks 31st and Turkmenistan ranks 32nd 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.