Madagascar vs United States: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Madagascar

1,799 hours per worker

in 2023

United States

1,789 hours per worker

in 2023

Madagascar rank

84th

United States rank

86th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Madagascar currently reports 1,799 hours per worker against 1,789 hours per worker in United States, a difference of 10.46 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Madagascar ranks 84th and United States ranks 86th 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.