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

Czechia: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.2% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.2%
Change on year
down 4.2%
World rank
49th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.2%
in 1999
All-time low
0.2%
in 2016
Years of data
20
1997–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Czechia, 1997–2016

00.050.10.150.21997200620161997: 0.22 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.221 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.221 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.211 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.174 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.183 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.197 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.203 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.217 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.207 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.2 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.21 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.2 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.196 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.189 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.188 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.183 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.177 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.167 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.16 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Czechia is 0.2%, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Czechia peaked at 0.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.

Czechia ranks 49th of 84 countries on this measure, 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 Czechia, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Czechia, 1997 to 2016.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1997 0.2%
1998 0.2% +0.5%
1999 0.2% +0.2%
2000 0.2% -4.7%
2001 0.2% -17.2%
2002 0.2% +5.0%
2003 0.2% +7.4%
2004 0.2% +3.3%
2005 0.2% +6.7%
2006 0.2% -4.3%
2007 0.2% -3.5%
2008 0.2% +5.0%
2009 0.2% -5.0%
2010 0.2% -1.8%
2011 0.2% -3.5%
2012 0.2% -0.7%
2013 0.2% -2.8%
2014 0.2% -3.1%
2015 0.2% -5.7%
2016 0.2% -4.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 3
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 10
2010s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Czechia?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Czechia 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 Czechia?
The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1999.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Czechia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
How does Czechia rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Czechia ranks 49th out of 84 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Czechia?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Czechia 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, total (% of total 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, 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
84 places, 1,253 data points, 1970–2021
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