Congo vs United Arab Emirates: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Congo

2,534 hours per worker

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

2,514 hours per worker

in 2023

Congo rank

2nd

United Arab Emirates rank

3rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Congo currently reports 2,534 hours per worker against 2,514 hours per worker in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 19.72 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Congo ranks 2nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd 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.