Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country
Countries reporting
81
Highest
0.7%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Lithuania
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,081
What the numbers show
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Lithuania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 115.2%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 75.6%).
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 0.7% | 2019 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2011 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2012 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2016 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 0.4% | 2016 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 6 | Tanzania | 0.4% | 2020 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2015 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2017 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 9 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2011 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 10 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 0.3% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2014 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2018 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 14 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2013 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2015 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2016 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2016 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2016 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 0.3% | 2016 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 21 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2017 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 22 | Bolivia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 23 | Turkey | 0.3% | 2019 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 24 | Rwanda | 0.3% | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 0.3% | 2014 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 27 | Albania | 0.2% | 2019 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 29 | South Korea | 0.2% | 2017 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 0.2% | 2016 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.2% | 2014 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 32 | Kosovo | 0.2% | 2014 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2012 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 36 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2017 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2015 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 38 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2015 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2013 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 0.2% | 1999 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 0.2% | 2016 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2018 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 43 | Palestine | 0.2% | 2008 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2016 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | France | 0.2% | 2016 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 46 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2016 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 47 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2002 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2020 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 50 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2006 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 51 | United States | 0.1% | 2018 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 0.1% | 2017 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | 0.1% | 2003 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 0.1% | 2016 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 55 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2021 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 56 | Germany | 0.1% | 2011 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2003 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 59 | Italy | 0.1% | 2016 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2019 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 62 | Poland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2016 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2020 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 67 | Norway | 0.1% | 2016 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 68 | Malta | 0.1% | 2016 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 69 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 0.1% | 2018 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2016 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 74 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 75 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2016 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 76 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2016 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2016 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 79 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2016 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 75.3% | volatile |