Tanzania vs Uganda: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Tanzania

2,129 hours per worker

in 2023

Uganda

2,128 hours per worker

in 2023

Tanzania rank

42nd

Uganda rank

43rd

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Tanzania currently reports 2,129 hours per worker against 2,128 hours per worker in Uganda, a difference of 0.83 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Tanzania ahead.

Globally, Tanzania ranks 42nd and Uganda ranks 43rd 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.