Namibia vs Zambia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Namibia

2,184 hours per worker

in 2023

Zambia

2,200 hours per worker

in 2023

Namibia rank

29th

Zambia rank

27th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Zambia currently reports 2,200 hours per worker against 2,184 hours per worker in Namibia, a difference of 15.54 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Namibia ranks 29th 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.