Ghana vs Italy: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Ghana

1,656 hours per worker

in 2023

Italy

1,701 hours per worker

in 2023

Ghana rank

95th

Italy rank

92nd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Italy currently reports 1,701 hours per worker against 1,656 hours per worker in Ghana, a difference of 45.8 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Italy ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 95th and Italy ranks 92nd 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.