Niger vs Sri Lanka: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Niger

2,069 hours per worker

in 2023

Sri Lanka

2,053 hours per worker

in 2023

Niger rank

53rd

Sri Lanka rank

55th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Niger currently reports 2,069 hours per worker against 2,053 hours per worker in Sri Lanka, a difference of 16.36 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 53rd and Sri Lanka ranks 55th 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.