Niger vs Russia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Niger

2,069 hours per worker

in 2023

Russia

2,087 hours per worker

in 2023

Niger rank

53rd

Russia rank

51st

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Russia currently reports 2,087 hours per worker against 2,069 hours per worker in Niger, a difference of 17.19 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Russia ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 53rd and Russia ranks 51st 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.