Mali vs Zambia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Mali

2,243 hours per worker

in 2023

Zambia

2,200 hours per worker

in 2023

Mali rank

24th

Zambia rank

27th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Mali currently reports 2,243 hours per worker against 2,200 hours per worker in Zambia, a difference of 42.97 hours per worker.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Globally, Mali ranks 24th and Zambia ranks 27th 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.