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Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2021 = 100) - quarterly data by country

Countries reporting
42
Highest
129 Index, 2021=100
Malta
Lowest
94.6 Index, 2021=100
Serbia
Median
104.15 Index, 2021=100
Years covered
18
2009–2026
Data points
795

What the numbers show

Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2021 = 100) - quarterly data is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 129 Index, 2021=100 in Malta; the lowest is 94.6 Index, 2021=100 in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 104.15 Index, 2021=100, and the mean is 105.43 Index, 2021=100.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 56.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 12.9%).

Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2021 = 100) - quarterly: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 129 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 56.6% rising
2 Cyprus 118.3 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 32.6% rising
3 Portugal 116.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 13.0% flat
4 Iceland 114.5 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 6.6% rising
5 Ireland 114.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 20.3% rising
6 Spain 113.4 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 16.0% rising
7 Lithuania 112.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 7.8% rising
7 Lithuania 112.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 7.8% rising
9 Italy 111.3 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 7.0% rising
10 France 111.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 11.4% rising
11 Greece 108.5 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 9.4% flat
12 Luxembourg 108.3 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 11.2% rising
13 Belgium 108 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.1% flat
14 Croatia 107.4 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 5.3% falling
14 Croatia 107.4 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 5.3% falling
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 107.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 5.3% rising
17 Norway 107 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 6.0% rising
18 Estonia 106.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 4.1% flat
18 Estonia 106.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 4.1% flat
20 Hungary 104.4 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.3% rising
20 Sweden 104.4 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 0.6% rising
22 Netherlands 103.9 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.7% rising
22 Netherlands 103.9 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.7% rising
24 Germany 103.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 4.5% flat
25 Slovakia 101.7 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 5.7% flat
25 Slovakia 101.7 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 5.7% flat
27 Austria 101.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 1.1% flat
28 Türkiye 101.5 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 1.1% rising
29 Denmark 101 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 5.0% rising
30 Poland 100.7 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.0% rising
30 Poland 100.7 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 3.0% rising
32 Slovenia 100.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 4.3% flat
32 North Macedonia 100.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 12.9% flat
32 Slovenia 100.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 4.3% flat
35 Switzerland 99.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 2.3% rising
36 Czechia 99.1 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 2.9% flat
37 Latvia 98.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 11.3% falling
37 Latvia 98.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 11.3% falling
39 Finland 97.7 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 5.1% flat
40 Bulgaria 97.2 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 8.4% falling
41 Romania 94.9 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 10.3% falling
42 Serbia 94.6 Index, 2021=100 2026 down 4.6% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2021 = 100) - quarterly data
Unit
Index, 2021=100
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
45 places, 795 data points, 2009–2026
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