Senegal vs Zimbabwe: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Senegal

2,335 hours per worker

in 2023

Zimbabwe

2,311 hours per worker

in 2023

Senegal rank

14th

Zimbabwe rank

17th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Senegal currently reports 2,335 hours per worker against 2,311 hours per worker in Zimbabwe, a difference of 24.21 hours per worker.

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

Globally, Senegal ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th 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.