Rwanda vs Switzerland: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Rwanda

1,584 hours per worker

in 2023

Switzerland

1,529 hours per worker

in 2023

Rwanda rank

113th

Switzerland rank

115th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Rwanda currently reports 1,584 hours per worker against 1,529 hours per worker in Switzerland, a difference of 55.38 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Rwanda ranks 113th and Switzerland ranks 115th 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.