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Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male by country

Countries reporting
82
Highest
53.1
Mongolia
Lowest
3.72
Puerto Rico
Median
42.62
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,165

What the numbers show

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 53.1 in Mongolia; the lowest is 3.72 in Puerto Rico.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.62, and the mean is 42.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 27.5%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 13.4%).

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 53.1 2011 up 9.6% rising
2 Bangladesh 52.78 2016 up 3.2% flat
3 India 52.19 2019 up 0.4% rising
4 Pakistan 50.84 2020 up 1.1% flat
5 Namibia 48.46 2015 up 11.2% rising
6 Jordan 47.9 2016 down 0.8% falling
7 Colombia 47.59 2021 down 4.7% falling
8 Turkey 47.46 2019 down 7.5% falling
9 Egypt 47.32 2019 down 3.0% flat
10 Costa Rica 46.94 2016 down 3.9% flat
11 Bolivia 46.91 2017 down 4.1% flat
12 Guatemala 46.76 2011 down 7.3% falling
13 Cambodia 46.27 2012 down 3.8% rising
14 Sri Lanka 46.26 2015 up 1.6% rising
15 Nigeria 46.22 2018 up 5.0% flat
16 Mexico 46.07 2020 up 0.4% flat
17 Nepal 45.91 2014 up 26.0% rising
18 Iceland 45.73 2015 down 2.9% falling
19 Tanzania 45.48 2020 down 13.4% flat
20 Nicaragua 45.19 2014 down 5.6% falling
21 Chile 45.03 2017 down 3.7% falling
22 Kosovo 44.93 2014 up 18.6% rising
22 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 44.93 2014 up 18.6% rising
24 Tunisia 44.87 2015 down 6.7% flat
25 Greece 44.87 2016 down 1.6% flat
26 Paraguay 44.73 2017 down 4.0% flat
27 Belize 44.71 1999 down 3.6% falling
28 El Salvador 44.28 2017 down 3.0% falling
29 South Africa 44.27 2020 down 4.1% flat
30 Luxembourg 43.89 2016 up 1.8% flat
31 Albania 43.85 2019 down 2.1% flat
32 Palestine 43.75 2008 down 5.6% flat
33 Czechia 43.59 2016 down 2.9% flat
34 Venezuela 43.54 2006 down 1.1% flat
35 Mauritius 43.51 2012 up 2.5% flat
36 Poland 43.29 2016 down 3.4% flat
37 Dominican Republic 43.03 2013 down 1.8% falling
38 Germany 42.91 2011 up 2.5% flat
39 Portugal 42.82 2016 up 0.2% flat
40 South Korea 42.8 2017 down 10.1% falling
41 Peru 42.64 2016 down 2.7% flat
42 Slovakia 42.6 2016 down 2.4% flat
43 Uganda 42.38 2016 up 27.5% rising
44 Philippines 42.36 2019 up 3.3% flat
45 Austria 42.14 2003 down 0.8% flat
46 Argentina 42.11 2018 down 4.2% flat
47 Slovenia 41.92 2016 down 1.0% flat
48 Indonesia 41.91 2019 down 4.9% flat
49 Spain 41.9 2016 down 2.5% rising
50 United Kingdom 41.77 2016 down 2.9% flat
51 Thailand 41.69 2021 down 10.3% falling
52 Bulgaria 41.67 2016 up 0.1% flat
53 Malta 41.66 2016 up 0.1% flat
54 Ecuador 41.48 2017 down 4.9% falling
55 France 41.47 2016 down 0.5% flat
56 Brazil 41.32 2020 down 4.2% falling
57 Croatia 41.31 2016 down 2.4% flat
58 Honduras 41.13 2017 down 3.2% falling
59 Sweden 41.03 2016 up 0.5% flat
60 Italy 41.03 2016 down 2.9% flat
61 Jamaica 40.97 2002 up 1.6% flat
62 United States 40.88 2018 down 2.0% falling
63 Romania 40.85 2016 down 3.4% flat
64 Hungary 40.78 2016 down 5.0% falling
65 Estonia 40.57 2016 down 2.3% falling
66 Ghana 40.48 2016 down 11.0% rising
67 Uruguay 40.43 2019 down 8.3% falling
68 Moldova 40.42 2021 up 14.7% rising
69 Norway 40.34 2016 down 0.7% flat
70 Latvia 40.27 2016 down 9.4% falling
71 Cyprus 40.16 2016 down 9.5% falling
72 Finland 40.06 2016 down 1.4% flat
73 Belgium 39.62 2003 down 2.2% falling
74 Lithuania 39.55 2016 down 4.5% flat
75 Panama 39.42 2018 down 6.9% falling
76 Ireland 39.28 2016 down 5.2% falling
77 Kyrgyzstan 39.13 2020 up 6.7% rising
78 Denmark 39.04 2016 down 3.6% rising
79 Netherlands 38.43 2016 down 0.7% flat
80 Rwanda 38.28 2021 up 17.9% falling
81 Georgia 35.57 2013 down 11.0% falling
82 Puerto Rico 3.72 2005 down 2.8% flat

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Indicator
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,165 data points, 1970–2021
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