Annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar
Madagascar: Annual working hours vs. productivity was 1,799 hours per worker in 2023. ▲ Rising
Annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar, 2005–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
In 2023, annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar stood at 1,799 hours per worker. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar peaked at 1,799 hours per worker in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,617 hours per worker, in 2005.
Madagascar ranks 84th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,631 hours per worker | 1,617 hours per worker | 1,645 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,709 hours per worker | 1,654 hours per worker | 1,752 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,754 hours per worker | 1,665 hours per worker | 1,799 hours per worker | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Madagascar
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of GDP -11.6% (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 8.1% (2025)
- GDP per capita 456.51 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) 13.1% (2024)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) 14.95 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP per capita in international and market dollars 456.51 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 4,530 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 5.47 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 1.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 6.72 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar?
- Annual working hours vs. productivity in Madagascar was 1,799 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours vs. productivity recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,799 hours per worker in 2023.
- What is the lowest annual working hours vs. productivity recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,617 hours per worker in 2005.
- How does Madagascar rank for annual working hours vs. productivity?
- Madagascar ranks 84th out of 129 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours vs. productivity rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours vs. productivity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.