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

Countries reporting
84
Highest
56.48
Armenia
Lowest
3.62
Puerto Rico
Median
41.03
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,253

What the numbers show

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 56.48 in Armenia; the lowest is 3.62 in Puerto Rico.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.03, and the mean is 40.76.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 30.9%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 19.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 56.48 2020 up 13.8% rising
2 Mongolia 50.71 2011 up 11.4% rising
3 India 49.51 2019 down 1.5% flat
4 Bangladesh 48.86 2016 up 8.0% rising
5 Namibia 47.44 2015 up 3.5% flat
6 Pakistan 47.01 2020 up 0.5% falling
7 Jordan 46.78 2016 down 1.7% falling
8 Egypt 46.42 2019 up 0.2% rising
9 Cambodia 45.56 2012 down 3.5% rising
10 Turkey 45.38 2019 down 5.9% falling
11 Colombia 44.81 2021 down 3.0% falling
12 Nigeria 44.7 2018 up 3.9% flat
13 Bolivia 43.98 2017 down 5.0% flat
14 Sri Lanka 43.66 2015 up 0.2% rising
15 Kosovo 43.62 2014 up 16.6% rising
15 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 43.62 2014 up 16.6% rising
17 Guatemala 43.56 2011 down 6.5% falling
18 Tunisia 43.4 2015 down 5.6% flat
19 El Salvador 43.05 2017 down 3.2% falling
20 Belize 43.01 1999 down 2.6% flat
21 Mexico 42.88 2020 up 0.4% flat
22 Costa Rica 42.86 2016 down 6.1% flat
23 Chile 42.82 2017 down 4.1% falling
24 Paraguay 42.74 2017 down 7.8% falling
25 Albania 42.7 2019 down 2.1% rising
26 Nicaragua 42.54 2014 down 7.5% falling
27 South Africa 42.42 2020 down 4.4% flat
28 Greece 42.41 2016 down 0.7% flat
29 Philippines 42.24 2019 up 2.1% flat
30 Tanzania 42.13 2020 down 19.7% flat
31 Iceland 41.94 2015 up 1.3% flat
32 Palestine 41.94 2008 down 7.0% falling
33 Czechia 41.9 2016 down 2.6% flat
34 Mauritius 41.83 2012 up 1.8% flat
35 Nepal 41.74 2014 up 30.9% rising
36 Thailand 41.5 2021 down 10.0% falling
37 Slovakia 41.41 2016 down 1.0% flat
38 Venezuela 41.39 2006 down 2.7% flat
39 Poland 41.3 2016 down 2.4% flat
40 Dominican Republic 41.25 2013 down 1.5% falling
41 Portugal 41.2 2016 up 0.8% flat
42 Bulgaria 41.08 2016 up 0.0% flat
43 South Korea 40.98 2017 down 12.2% falling
44 Slovenia 40.9 2016 down 1.5% flat
45 Croatia 40.57 2016 down 2.2% flat
46 Romania 40.43 2016 down 2.2% flat
47 Luxembourg 40.31 2016 up 2.5% flat
48 Hungary 40.07 2016 down 3.5% flat
49 Indonesia 39.89 2019 down 5.3% rising
50 Jamaica 39.8 2002 up 0.5% flat
51 Malta 39.62 2016 up 0.1% flat
52 Honduras 39.47 2017 down 5.5% falling
53 Brazil 39.4 2020 down 1.6% falling
54 Moldova 39.4 2021 up 18.5% rising
55 Latvia 39.3 2016 down 7.6% falling
56 Estonia 39.27 2016 down 2.4% flat
57 Peru 39.09 2016 down 3.5% flat
58 Spain 39.08 2016 down 3.3% flat
59 Sweden 39 2016 up 1.0% flat
60 Uganda 38.91 2016 up 28.9% flat
61 Ghana 38.85 2016 down 9.5% rising
62 Italy 38.77 2016 down 1.9% flat
63 Lithuania 38.68 2016 down 3.8% flat
64 United States 38.65 2018 down 1.6% flat
65 Cyprus 38.64 2016 down 7.7% falling
66 France 38.51 2016 up 0.7% flat
67 Austria 38.48 2016 up 0.1% flat
68 Ecuador 38.46 2017 down 5.9% falling
69 Finland 38.26 2016 down 0.7% flat
70 Norway 37.98 2016 up 1.2% flat
71 Germany 37.92 2011 up 1.2% flat
72 Belgium 37.91 2016 down 1.3% flat
73 Argentina 37.88 2018 down 6.7% falling
74 United Kingdom 37.85 2016 down 0.5% flat
75 Kyrgyzstan 37.61 2020 up 7.6% rising
76 Panama 37.55 2018 down 7.0% falling
77 Uruguay 37.18 2019 down 6.6% falling
78 Denmark 36.89 2016 down 3.3% rising
79 Rwanda 36.12 2021 up 26.6% falling
80 Australia 35.4 2015 down 2.7% flat
81 Ireland 35.19 2016 down 3.1% falling
82 Netherlands 33.6 2016 up 0.2% flat
83 Georgia 32.95 2013 down 8.3% falling
84 Puerto Rico 3.62 2005 down 3.0% flat

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Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,253 data points, 1970–2021
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