China vs Malaysia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

China
2,328 hours per worker
in 2023
Malaysia
2,308 hours per worker
in 2023
China rank
15th
Malaysia rank
18th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

  • China
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

China currently reports 2,328 hours per worker against 2,308 hours per worker in Malaysia, a difference of 20.28 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, China ranks 15th and Malaysia ranks 18th of 129 countries.

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About this data

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

This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.