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

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

Latest (2019)
0.1%
Change on year
down 9.1%
World rank
50th
of 79 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, prim in Uruguay, 1998–2019

00.10.20.31998200820191998: 0.268 % of employed population with low education in working age2000: 0.25 % of employed population with low education in working age2001: 0.232 % of employed population with low education in working age2002: 0.214 % of employed population with low education in working age2003: 0.216 % of employed population with low education in working age2004: 0.227 % of employed population with low education in working age2005: 0.211 % of employed population with low education in working age2006: 0.268 % of employed population with low education in working age2007: 0.248 % of employed population with low education in working age2008: 0.245 % of employed population with low education in working age2009: 0.232 % of employed population with low education in working age2010: 0.216 % of employed population with low education in working age2011: 0.217 % of employed population with low education in working age2012: 0.179 % of employed population with low education in working age2014: 0.181 % of employed population with low education in working age2015: 0.168 % of employed population with low education in working age2016: 0.154 % of employed population with low education in working age2017: 0.139 % of employed population with low education in working age2018: 0.136 % of employed population with low education in working age2019: 0.124 % of employed population with low education in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in Uruguay is 0.1%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.

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

That places Uruguay 50th out of 79 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.

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 47 Rwanda 0.1% compare
  2. 48 Spain 0.1% compare
  3. 49 Portugal 0.1% compare
  4. 51 Malta 0.1% compare
  5. 52 Luxembourg 0.1% compare
  6. 53 Italy 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim in Uruguay?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, prim 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, prim 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, prim 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, prim?
Uruguay ranks 50th 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 Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. 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, 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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