Dominican Republic vs Nigeria: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Dominican Republic

2,072 hours per worker

in 2023

Nigeria

2,062 hours per worker

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

52nd

Nigeria rank

54th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Dominican Republic currently reports 2,072 hours per worker against 2,062 hours per worker in Nigeria, a difference of 10.46 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 Nigeria ranks 54th 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.