Kenya vs Taiwan: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Kenya

2,035 hours per worker

in 2023

Taiwan

2,032 hours per worker

in 2023

Kenya rank

58th

Taiwan rank

59th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Kenya currently reports 2,035 hours per worker against 2,032 hours per worker in Taiwan, a difference of 3.07 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Taiwan ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 58th and Taiwan ranks 59th 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.