Congo vs Sudan: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Congo

2,534 hours per worker

in 2023

Sudan

2,658 hours per worker

in 2023

Congo rank

2nd

Sudan rank

1st

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Sudan currently reports 2,658 hours per worker against 2,534 hours per worker in Congo, a difference of 123.87 hours per worker.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.

Globally, Congo ranks 2nd and Sudan ranks 1st 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.