Malaysia vs Tunisia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Malaysia

2,308 hours per worker

in 2023

Tunisia

2,288 hours per worker

in 2023

Malaysia rank

18th

Tunisia rank

19th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Malaysia currently reports 2,308 hours per worker against 2,288 hours per worker in Tunisia, a difference of 19.5 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 Tunisia ranks 19th 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.