Ethiopia vs Malawi: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Ethiopia

1,599 hours per worker

in 2023

Malawi

1,596 hours per worker

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

107th

Malawi rank

108th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Ethiopia currently reports 1,599 hours per worker against 1,596 hours per worker in Malawi, a difference of 3.76 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 107th and Malawi ranks 108th 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.