Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) by country
Countries reporting
79
Highest
0.6%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0%
Czechia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,109
What the numbers show
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0% in Czechia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 121.7%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2011 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 2 | India | 0.5% | 2019 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2016 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2012 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 5 | Jordan | 0.5% | 2016 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 6 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2020 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2015 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 9 | Bolivia | 0.4% | 2017 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 10 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2018 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 0.4% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 13 | Nepal | 0.4% | 2014 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2016 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 15 | South Korea | 0.3% | 2017 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2017 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 20 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2020 | down 45.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2011 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 22 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 23 | Belize | 0.3% | 1999 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2016 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 0.3% | 2014 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 27 | Poland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 28 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2015 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 0.2% | 2017 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2018 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2016 | up 66.4% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 0.2% | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2012 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2015 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2020 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 0.2% | 2016 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2013 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 39 | Palestine | 0.2% | 2008 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2017 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 41 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2013 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2002 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 43 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2006 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 0.2% | 2017 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 45 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2021 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2021 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 0.1% | 2016 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2016 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 50 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2019 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 51 | Malta | 0.1% | 2016 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2016 | up 64.2% | falling |
| 53 | Italy | 0.1% | 2016 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2020 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2016 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2003 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 60 | France | 0.1% | 2016 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 61 | United States | 0.1% | 2018 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 62 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Germany | 0.1% | 2011 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2016 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 65 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2016 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2016 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 0.1% | 2016 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 0.1% | 2018 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 69 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2016 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2013 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2020 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2005 | — | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 0.0% | 2003 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 73 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.4%