Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay

Uruguay: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male was 40.43 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
40.43
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
67th
of 82 countries
All-time high
47.11
in 1998
All-time low
40.43
in 2019
Years of data
20
1998–2019

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay, 1998–2019

010203040501998200820191998: 47.12000: 46.32001: 44.92002: 43.62003: 42.92004: 43.92005: 43.82006: 44.72007: 44.32008: 44.52009: 44.12010: 43.92011: 43.72012: 43.12014: 42.92015: 42.42016: 41.72017: 41.32018: 412019: 40.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay is 40.43, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay peaked at 47.11 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 40.43, in 2019.

That places Uruguay 67th out of 82 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay, 1998 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1998 47.11 —
2000 46.31 -1.7%
2001 44.93 -3.0%
2002 43.63 -2.9%
2003 42.87 -1.8%
2004 43.89 +2.4%
2005 43.76 -0.3%
2006 44.71 +2.2%
2007 44.27 -1.0%
2008 44.5 +0.5%
2009 44.1 -0.9%
2010 43.88 -0.5%
2011 43.67 -0.5%
2012 43.14 -1.2%
2014 42.87 -0.6%
2015 42.38 -1.1%
2016 41.74 -1.5%
2017 41.26 -1.1%
2018 40.99 -0.7%
2019 40.43 -1.4%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 40.43 is below the median for high income countries, which is 41.31, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 40.43 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 43.54, 93% of the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 47.11 47.11 47.11 1
2000s 44.3 42.87 46.31 10
2010s 42.26 40.43 43.88 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 64 Hungary 40.78 compare
  2. 65 Estonia 40.57 compare
  3. 66 Ghana 40.48 compare
  4. 68 Moldova 40.42 compare
  5. 69 Norway 40.34 compare
  6. 70 Latvia 40.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay?
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay was 40.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 47.11 in 1998.
What is the lowest average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 40.43 in 2019.
How does Uruguay rank for average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male?
Uruguay ranks 67th out of 82 countries with data for 2019.
Is average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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