Jordan vs United Arab Emirates: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Jordan

2,483 hours per worker

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

2,514 hours per worker

in 2023

Jordan rank

4th

United Arab Emirates rank

3rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

United Arab Emirates currently reports 2,514 hours per worker against 2,483 hours per worker in Jordan, a difference of 31.27 hours per worker.

Across all 19 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

Globally, Jordan ranks 4th and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd 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.