Malaysia vs Oman: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Malaysia

2,308 hours per worker

in 2023

Oman

2,266 hours per worker

in 2023

Malaysia rank

18th

Oman rank

21st

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Malaysia currently reports 2,308 hours per worker against 2,266 hours per worker in Oman, a difference of 41.19 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 18th and Oman ranks 21st 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.