Egypt vs India: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Egypt

2,369 hours per worker

in 2023

India

2,383 hours per worker

in 2023

Egypt rank

12th

India rank

11th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

India currently reports 2,383 hours per worker against 2,369 hours per worker in Egypt, a difference of 14.07 hours per worker.

Across all 19 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

Globally, Egypt ranks 12th and India ranks 11th 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.