Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
82
Highest
0.6%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,246

What the numbers show

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.

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 23.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 114.4%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 76.7%).

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 0.6% 2019 down 17.2% rising
2 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 up 10.0% rising
3 Mongolia 0.5% 2011 up 32.1% rising
4 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 down 16.0% rising
5 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 2.3% falling
6 Namibia 0.4% 2015 up 0.9% flat
7 Egypt 0.4% 2019 up 5.2% rising
8 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 down 14.6% flat
9 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 103.7% rising
10 Jordan 0.3% 2016 down 11.8% falling
11 Nigeria 0.3% 2018 up 17.0% rising
12 Georgia 0.3% 2013 up 114.4% rising
13 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 down 24.3% falling
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 down 41.8% rising
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2017 down 16.3% falling
16 Costa Rica 0.3% 2016 down 1.4% rising
17 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2015 down 3.6% rising
18 El Salvador 0.3% 2017 down 11.1% rising
19 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 down 32.4% falling
20 Uganda 0.3% 2016 up 61.2% flat
21 Mexico 0.3% 2020 down 4.2% flat
22 Ghana 0.3% 2016 down 11.4% volatile
23 Colombia 0.3% 2021 down 24.3% falling
24 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 16.0% falling
25 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 down 19.3% falling
26 Honduras 0.3% 2017 up 5.2% falling
27 Albania 0.2% 2019 down 10.0% falling
28 Kosovo 0.2% 2014 up 40.3% rising
29 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 down 17.5% rising
30 Greece 0.2% 2016 down 2.0% flat
31 Korea 0.2% 2017 down 38.8% volatile
32 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 2.6% flat
33 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 37.5% falling
34 Iceland 0.2% 2015 down 21.0% falling
35 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 4.4% falling
36 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 8.6% flat
37 Ecuador 0.2% 2017 down 23.7% falling
38 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 15.3% falling
39 Armenia 0.2% 2020 down 64.6% falling
40 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 20.7% falling
41 Palestine, State of 0.2% 2008 down 21.3% flat
42 Argentina 0.2% 2018 down 28.3% falling
43 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 19.8% volatile
44 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 25.4% rising
45 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 up 76.9% rising
46 Poland 0.2% 2016 down 21.3% flat
47 United Kingdom 0.2% 2016 up 0.8% falling
48 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 22.8% falling
49 Australia 0.2% 2015 down 15.9% falling
50 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 11.4% rising
51 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 17.0% falling
52 France 0.1% 2016 up 1.9% flat
53 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 61.5% falling
54 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 40.2% falling
55 United States 0.1% 2018 down 16.4% falling
56 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 5.7% flat
57 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 19.1% rising
58 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 6.4% rising
59 Austria 0.1% 2016 up 41.7% falling
60 Slovak Republic 0.1% 2016 down 14.3% flat
61 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 21.4% rising
62 Uruguay 0.1% 2019 down 46.6% falling
63 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 down 9.7% falling
64 Brazil 0.1% 2020 down 38.3% falling
65 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 25.7% falling
66 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 4.1% rising
67 Norway 0.1% 2016 down 6.2% flat
68 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 12.9% falling
69 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 56.8% falling
70 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 8.3% falling
71 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 6.4% rising
72 Panama 0.1% 2018 down 44.2% falling
73 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 27.7% falling
74 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 23.6% falling
75 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 53.8% falling
76 Croatia 0.1% 2016 down 25.5% falling
77 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 4.8% falling
78 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 26.1% falling
79 Romania 0.0% 2016 down 60.1% falling
80 Latvia 0.0% 2016 down 76.7% volatile
81 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 down 74.3% volatile
82 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 42.0% volatile

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,246 data points, 1970–2021
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