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

Countries reporting
76
Highest
55.11
India
Lowest
30.6
Netherlands
Median
41.49
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
1,029

What the numbers show

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 55.11 in India; the lowest is 30.6 in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.49, and the mean is 42.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 32.4%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 16.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 55.11 2019 up 3.7% rising
2 Bangladesh 53.2 2016 up 4.5% flat
3 Mongolia 51.75 2011 up 10.7% rising
4 Pakistan 51.08 2020 down 0.1% flat
5 Tanzania 50.98 2020 down 13.2% rising
6 Uganda 50.48 2016 up 11.4% rising
7 Cambodia 49.18 2012 up 1.5% rising
8 Egypt 48.13 2019 down 0.8% rising
9 Turkey 48.1 2013 down 6.5% falling
10 Namibia 48 2015 up 1.1% flat
11 Nigeria 46.94 2018 down 1.3% flat
12 Jordan 46.88 2016 down 5.3% falling
13 Sri Lanka 46.71 2015 down 1.8% rising
14 Colombia 45.77 2021 down 2.7% falling
15 Philippines 45.56 2019 down 0.4% flat
16 Bolivia 45.46 2017 down 5.6% flat
17 Paraguay 45.36 2017 down 7.5% flat
18 Guatemala 45.2 2011 down 6.3% falling
19 Nicaragua 44.63 2014 down 5.4% falling
20 Rwanda 44.53 2021 down 1.2% falling
21 El Salvador 44.3 2017 down 3.2% falling
22 Honduras 43.88 2017 down 3.6% falling
23 Nepal 43.46 2014 up 7.4% flat
24 Thailand 43.46 2021 down 11.9% falling
25 Tunisia 43.46 2015 down 8.2% flat
26 Costa Rica 43.44 2016 down 5.2% flat
27 Mexico 43.32 2020 down 0.1% flat
28 Indonesia 43.17 2019 down 7.3% flat
29 Chile 42.71 2017 down 4.3% falling
30 Belize 42.65 1999 down 1.1% flat
31 South Africa 42.2 2020 down 4.1% falling
32 Ghana 42.18 2016 down 16.0% rising
33 Palestine 42.11 2008 down 9.1% falling
34 Czechia 41.78 2016 down 2.8% flat
35 Peru 41.67 2016 down 4.6% falling
36 Dominican Republic 41.67 2013 down 0.9% falling
37 Iceland 41.65 2015 up 2.8% flat
38 Venezuela 41.58 2002 down 2.7% flat
39 Greece 41.4 2016 up 0.5% flat
40 Portugal 41.33 2016 up 1.1% flat
41 Slovakia 41.17 2016 down 1.5% flat
42 Kyrgyzstan 41.03 2020 up 32.4% rising
43 Bulgaria 40.89 2016 down 0.4% flat
44 South Korea 40.89 2017 down 11.9% falling
45 Romania 40.72 2016 down 3.5% flat
46 Poland 40.66 2016 down 2.4% flat
47 Croatia 40.6 2016 down 1.7% flat
48 Luxembourg 40.39 2016 up 3.3% flat
49 Hungary 40.21 2016 down 3.9% flat
50 Panama 40.05 2018 down 6.0% flat
51 Jamaica 39.77 2002 down 1.1% flat
52 Ecuador 39.72 2017 down 7.2% falling
53 Brazil 39.68 2020 down 2.7% falling
54 Malta 39.62 2016 up 0.1% flat
55 Moldova 39.47 2021 up 29.9% flat
56 Estonia 39.29 2016 down 1.5% flat
57 Sweden 39.15 2016 down 0.4% flat
58 Latvia 38.97 2016 down 8.4% falling
59 Lithuania 38.94 2016 down 3.7% flat
60 Spain 38.84 2016 down 2.9% flat
61 Cyprus 38.72 2016 down 6.7% falling
62 Italy 38.64 2016 down 2.1% flat
63 Austria 38.63 2003 down 2.2% flat
64 United States 38.53 2018 down 1.8% flat
65 Georgia 38.51 2013 up 0.8% flat
66 France 38.38 2016 up 0.6% flat
67 Germany 37.88 2011 up 1.6% flat
68 Argentina 37.88 2018 down 3.9% flat
69 Finland 37.85 2016 up 0.3% flat
70 Norway 37.71 2016 up 0.1% flat
71 United Kingdom 37.68 2016 down 0.9% flat
72 Uruguay 36.95 2019 down 6.2% falling
73 Denmark 36.83 2016 down 2.6% rising
74 Belgium 36.14 2003 down 3.5% falling
75 Ireland 34.83 2016 down 1.3% flat
76 Netherlands 30.6 2004 up 0.2% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
77 places, 1,029 data points, 1980–2021
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