Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Uruguay
Uruguay: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Uruguay, 1998–2019
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 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 in Uruguay peaked at 0.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2019.
That places Uruguay 52nd out of 81 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 in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of employed population with low education in working age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.3% | — |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +26.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -17.6% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -9.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 52% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +26.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2999 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2195 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 33.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.01 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Uruguay?
- Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 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 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 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?
- Uruguay ranks 52nd out of 81 countries with data for 2019.
- Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 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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