Dominican Republic vs Niger: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Dominican Republic

2,072 hours per worker

in 2023

Niger

2,069 hours per worker

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

52nd

Niger rank

53rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Dominican Republic currently reports 2,072 hours per worker against 2,069 hours per worker in Niger, a difference of 2.66 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Globally, Dominican Republic ranks 52nd and Niger ranks 53rd 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.