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Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in India

India: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim was 0.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.5%
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
2nd
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2011
All-time low
0.5%
in 2019
Years of data
12
1983–2019

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in India, 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.81983200120191983: 0.623 % of employed population with low education in working age1987: 0.631 % of employed population with low education in working age1993: 0.639 % of employed population with low education in working age1999: 0.574 % of employed population with low education in working age2004: 0.601 % of employed population with low education in working age2005: 0.668 % of employed population with low education in working age2007: 0.639 % of employed population with low education in working age2009: 0.697 % of employed population with low education in working age2011: 0.721 % of employed population with low education in working age2017: 0.578 % of employed population with low education in working age2018: 0.57 % of employed population with low education in working age2019: 0.539 % of employed population with low education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with low education in working age.

Analysis

India recorded 0.5% for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in India peaked at 0.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2019.

That places India 2nd out of 79 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 4

Countries ranked near India

  1. 1 Mongolia 0.6% compare
  2. 3 Bangladesh 0.5% compare
  3. 4 Cambodia 0.5% compare
  4. 5 Jordan 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in India?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in India was 0.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2011.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2019.
How does India rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim?
India ranks 2nd out of 79 countries with data for 2019.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this India 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, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education 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, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
80 places, 1,109 data points, 1970–2021
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