Guatemala vs Peru: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Guatemala

2,151 hours per worker

in 2023

Peru

2,143 hours per worker

in 2023

Guatemala rank

39th

Peru rank

40th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Guatemala currently reports 2,151 hours per worker against 2,143 hours per worker in Peru, a difference of 7.66 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Peru ahead.

Globally, Guatemala ranks 39th and Peru ranks 40th 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.