China vs Senegal: Annual working hours vs. productivity

China

2,328 hours per worker

in 2023

Senegal

2,335 hours per worker

in 2023

China rank

15th

Senegal rank

14th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Senegal currently reports 2,335 hours per worker against 2,328 hours per worker in China, a difference of 7.44 hours per worker.

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

Globally, China ranks 15th and Senegal ranks 14th 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.