Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay

Uruguay: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male was 0.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.1%
Change on year
down 7.9%
World rank
61st
of 82 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 1998
All-time low
0.1%
in 2019
Years of data
20
1998–2019

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay, 1998–2019

00.10.20.31998200820191998: 0.32 % of male employed population in working age2000: 0.31 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.281 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.256 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.248 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.274 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.26 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.297 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.287 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.297 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.273 % of male employed population in working age2010: 0.256 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.244 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.218 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.204 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.193 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.179 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.167 % of male employed population in working age2018: 0.158 % of male employed population in working age2019: 0.146 % of male employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed population in working age.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.1% for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and down 46.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay peaked at 0.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2019.

That places Uruguay 61st out of 82 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Uruguay, 1998 to 2019.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1998 0.3%
2000 0.3% -3.2%
2001 0.3% -9.2%
2002 0.3% -9.1%
2003 0.2% -3.1%
2004 0.3% +10.5%
2005 0.3% -5.1%
2006 0.3% +14.5%
2007 0.3% -3.4%
2008 0.3% +3.4%
2009 0.3% -7.9%
2010 0.3% -6.5%
2011 0.2% -4.6%
2012 0.2% -10.7%
2014 0.2% -6.6%
2015 0.2% -5.0%
2016 0.2% -7.3%
2017 0.2% -7.0%
2018 0.2% -5.1%
2019 0.1% -7.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 10
2010s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 9

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male in Uruguay was 0.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 1998.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
How does Uruguay rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male?
Uruguay ranks 61st out of 82 countries with data for 2019.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 46.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,165 data points, 1970–2021
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