Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) by country
Countries reporting
76
Highest
0.5%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Lithuania
Median
0.2%
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
1,013
What the numbers show
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Lithuania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 125.7%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 75.5%).
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2011 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2016 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2012 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 5 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2015 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 6 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2013 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 8 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 9 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2014 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 0.3% | 2016 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0.3% | 2016 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2015 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | Belize | 0.3% | 1999 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2018 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2011 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 17 | Iceland | 0.3% | 2015 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 18 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2017 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 21 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2016 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2017 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.3% | 2020 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 25 | South Korea | 0.3% | 2017 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Kosovo | 0.3% | 2014 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 26 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3% | 2014 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0.2% | 2020 | down 44.5% | flat |
| 29 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2016 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 0.2% | 2016 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2016 | up 63.0% | flat |
| 33 | Palestine | 0.2% | 2008 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2016 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 35 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2013 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2014 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 39 | United States | 0.2% | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2002 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 0.2% | 2016 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 0.2% | 2016 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2013 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 44 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2016 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 45 | Chile | 0.2% | 2017 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 0.2% | 2017 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 47 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2002 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2017 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 49 | France | 0.2% | 2016 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 50 | Austria | 0.2% | 2003 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 0.1% | 2016 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 52 | Germany | 0.1% | 2011 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2021 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 55 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2003 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 56 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 0.1% | 2016 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2016 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2021 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2004 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 0.1% | 2016 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 0.1% | 2016 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2016 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 65 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2016 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 66 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2016 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 68 | Romania | 0.1% | 2016 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 0.1% | 2018 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2020 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2016 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 73 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 74 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2016 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 75 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 75.5% | volatile |