Italy vs Spain: Long usual weekly working hours — Employment

Italy
1,675 Persons
in 2025
Spain
1,324 Persons
in 2025
Italy rank
13th
Spain rank
15th

Long usual weekly working hours — Employment over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1,675 Persons against 1,324 Persons in Spain, a difference of 351 Persons.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 40 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Spain Difference Ahead
1980s 1,965 Persons 1,472 Persons 493.28 Persons Italy
1990s 2,199 Persons 1,582 Persons 616.6 Persons Italy
2000s 2,629 Persons 2,172 Persons 457.53 Persons Italy
2010s 2,386 Persons 1,755 Persons 630.98 Persons Italy
2020s 2,037 Persons 1,370 Persons 666.25 Persons Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher long usual weekly working hours — employment, Italy or Spain?
Italy, at 1,675 Persons against 1,324 Persons in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in long usual weekly working hours — employment between Italy and Spain?
351 Persons, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
39 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2025.
How do Italy and Spain rank globally for long usual weekly working hours — employment?
Italy ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 40 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Long usual weekly working hours — Employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Long usual weekly working hours — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
56 places, 1,768 data points, 1976–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains data on employment by long hour bands (50 and over, 60 and over) for usual weekly hours worked in the main job. Actual hours of work instead of usual hours of work are only available in some countries (Japan and Korea). Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - by sex and age groups. Detailed notes and sources can be found in LFS_NOTES_SOURCES. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates.