Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country
Countries reporting
81
Highest
0.5%
Cambodia
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,165
What the numbers show
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Cambodia; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 256.1%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 75.3%).
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2012 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2011 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 3 | India | 0.4% | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 4 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2015 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 5 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 6 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2017 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 7 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2011 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 8 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2013 | up 256.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.3% | 2017 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 10 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2014 | up 169.3% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2017 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2% | 2020 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 13 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2016 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2019 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2014 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 0.2% | 2016 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2018 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 18 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2016 | up 69.1% | falling |
| 19 | Peru | 0.2% | 2016 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 0.2% | 2019 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2015 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 0.2% | 2017 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.2% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 27 | Albania | 0.2% | 2019 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 29 | Belize | 0.2% | 1999 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 30 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2015 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 0.2% | 2016 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2012 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2021 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 34 | Jordan | 0.2% | 2016 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2013 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 36 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2017 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2020 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2021 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.1% | 2014 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 39 | Kosovo | 0.1% | 2014 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.1% | 2006 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 43 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2002 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 0.1% | 2017 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 45 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2016 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2016 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 47 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2015 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1% | 2016 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 50 | France | 0.1% | 2016 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 51 | United States of America | 0.1% | 2018 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 0.1% | 2003 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 0.1% | 2008 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2020 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 56 | Spain | 0.1% | 2016 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 57 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2019 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 58 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2003 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2020 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 0.1% | 2016 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 62 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2020 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 63 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2016 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 64 | Germany | 0.1% | 2011 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 65 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2016 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 0.0% | 2018 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 67 | Finland | 0.0% | 2016 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 68 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2016 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 69 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2016 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 70 | Norway | 0.0% | 2016 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2016 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 72 | Malta | 0.0% | 2016 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 73 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2016 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2016 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 75 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2016 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Romania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2016 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2016 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 79 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2016 | up 89.5% | falling |
| 80 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 54.4% | volatile |