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

Ecuador: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.2% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.2%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
38th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 1998
All-time low
0.2%
in 2015
Years of data
17
1994–2017

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Ecuador, 1994–2017

00.10.20.31994200520171994: 0.268 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.331 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.287 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.323 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.266 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.267 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.273 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.257 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.269 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.276 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.261 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.248 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.2 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.221 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.196 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.203 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.205 % 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 Ecuador is 0.2%, measured in 2017.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Ecuador peaked at 0.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.

Ecuador ranks 38th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Ecuador, 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 Ecuador, 1994 to 2017.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1994 0.3%
1998 0.3% +23.3%
1999 0.3% -13.2%
2000 0.3% +12.3%
2003 0.3% -17.6%
2004 0.3% +0.7%
2005 0.3% +2.0%
2006 0.3% -5.9%
2007 0.3% +4.7%
2008 0.3% +2.6%
2009 0.3% -5.3%
2010 0.2% -5.2%
2012 0.2% -19.1%
2013 0.2% +10.2%
2015 0.2% -11.3%
2016 0.2% +3.6%
2017 0.2% +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 3
2000s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 8
2010s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 6

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Ecuador?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Ecuador was 0.2% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Ecuador?
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 Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
How does Ecuador rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Ecuador ranks 38th out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador 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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