Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population 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
1,165
What the numbers show
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population 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 20.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 94.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 77.1%).
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 0.7% | 2019 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2016 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2011 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2020 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2012 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 0.5% | 2014 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2015 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2018 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 0.4% | 2016 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 11 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4% | 2020 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2017 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 13 | Jordan | 0.4% | 2016 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 14 | Georgia | 0.4% | 2013 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 0.4% | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4% | 2017 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2011 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 0.4% | 2016 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 0.3% | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 21 | Iceland | 0.3% | 2015 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 22 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 0.3% | 2016 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2016 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Greece | 0.3% | 2016 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 27 | Albania | 0.3% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 28 | Kosovo | 0.3% | 2014 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 28 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3% | 2014 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 0.3% | 2017 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 0.3% | 2014 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 32 | Belize | 0.3% | 1999 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 33 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 34 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 35 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2017 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 36 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2017 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2012 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 38 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2013 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 40 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2020 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 41 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 42 | Poland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 44 | Palestine, State of | 0.2% | 2008 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.2% | 2016 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 46 | France | 0.2% | 2016 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 47 | Rwanda | 0.2% | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2016 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 49 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2002 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 0.2% | 2011 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | United States of America | 0.2% | 2018 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 52 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2019 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 53 | Spain | 0.2% | 2016 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 54 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.2% | 2006 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 0.2% | 2003 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 56 | Chile | 0.2% | 2017 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 58 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2003 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 59 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 0.1% | 2016 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2019 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 62 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2021 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 63 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 64 | Norway | 0.1% | 2016 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 67 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2020 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 68 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2016 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 69 | Malta | 0.1% | 2016 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2016 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 71 | Panama | 0.1% | 2018 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2020 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 74 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2016 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 75 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2016 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2016 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 0.1% | 2016 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 79 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 80 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 75.4% | volatile |