Kuwait vs Malaysia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Kuwait

2,318 hours per worker

in 2023

Malaysia

2,308 hours per worker

in 2023

Kuwait rank

16th

Malaysia rank

18th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Kuwait currently reports 2,318 hours per worker against 2,308 hours per worker in Malaysia, a difference of 10.43 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Kuwait ranks 16th and Malaysia ranks 18th 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.