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

Spain: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.2% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.2%
Change on year
down 9.2%
World rank
41st
of 76 countries
All-time high
0.2%
in 2005
All-time low
0.1%
in 2003
Years of data
25
1992–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Spain, 1992–2016

00.050.10.150.20.251992200420161992: 0.169 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.179 % of rural employed population in working age1994: 0.173 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.17 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.165 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.178 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.175 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.181 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.171 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.176 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.154 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.149 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.225 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.236 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.207 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.201 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.17 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.183 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.191 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.179 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.173 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.174 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.199 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.181 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.164 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

Spain recorded 0.2% for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Spain peaked at 0.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2003.

Spain ranks 41st of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Spain, year by year

Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1992 0.2% —
1993 0.2% +5.8%
1994 0.2% -3.2%
1995 0.2% -1.8%
1996 0.2% -3.0%
1997 0.2% +8.2%
1998 0.2% -2.0%
1999 0.2% +3.5%
2000 0.2% -5.8%
2001 0.2% +3.1%
2002 0.2% -12.5%
2003 0.1% -2.8%
2004 0.2% +50.8%
2005 0.2% +4.7%
2006 0.2% -12.1%
2007 0.2% -2.9%
2008 0.2% -15.3%
2009 0.2% +7.6%
2010 0.2% +4.1%
2011 0.2% -6.0%
2012 0.2% -3.4%
2013 0.2% +0.2%
2014 0.2% +14.4%
2015 0.2% -9.2%
2016 0.2% -9.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 8
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 10
2010s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 7

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 38 Nicaragua 0.2% compare
  2. 39 United States of America 0.2% compare
  3. 40 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% compare
  4. 42 Luxembourg 0.2% compare
  5. 43 Georgia 0.2% compare
  6. 44 Czechia 0.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Spain?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Spain was 0.2% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2005.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2003.
How does Spain rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Spain ranks 41st out of 76 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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, rural (% of rural employed population 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, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
76 places, 1,013 data points, 1980–2021
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