Paraguay vs Saudi Arabia: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Paraguay

2,123 hours per worker

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

2,125 hours per worker

in 2023

Paraguay rank

45th

Saudi Arabia rank

44th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 2,125 hours per worker against 2,123 hours per worker in Paraguay, a difference of 1.92 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Paraguay ranks 45th and Saudi Arabia ranks 44th 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.