Congo vs Jordan: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Congo

2,534 hours per worker

in 2023

Jordan

2,483 hours per worker

in 2023

Congo rank

2nd

Jordan rank

4th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Congo currently reports 2,534 hours per worker against 2,483 hours per worker in Jordan, a difference of 50.99 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Congo ranks 2nd and Jordan ranks 4th 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.