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Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who worked in this job during the reference week by professional status, full-time/part-time employment and occupation - quarterly data by country

Countries reporting
47
Highest
42.9 Hour
Montenegro
Lowest
29.5 Hour
Netherlands
Median
36.6 Hour
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
1,297

What the numbers show

Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who worked in this job during the reference week by professional status, full-time/part-time employment and occupation - quarterly data is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 42.9 Hour in Montenegro; the lowest is 29.5 Hour in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.6 Hour, and the mean is 36.29 Hour.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 6.5%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 9.6%).

Average actual weekly: quarterly data … occupation quarterly: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montenegro 42.9 Hour 2020 up 6.5% flat
2 Türkiye 41.3 Hour 2026 down 9.6% falling
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.7 Hour 2026 down 1.2% flat
4 Serbia 40.3 Hour 2026 down 3.4% falling
4 Serbia 40.3 Hour 2026 down 3.4% falling
6 Greece 39.4 Hour 2026 down 3.0% falling
7 North Macedonia 38.6 Hour 2026 down 7.7% falling
7 North Macedonia 38.6 Hour 2026 down 7.7% falling
9 Poland 38.4 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
10 Poland 38.3 Hour 2026 down 1.5% falling
11 Romania 38.2 Hour 2026 down 1.3% flat
11 Lithuania 38.2 Hour 2026 up 0.3% flat
11 Bulgaria 38.2 Hour 2026 down 5.4% falling
14 Lithuania 38 Hour 2026 down 0.3% flat
15 Slovenia 37.9 Hour 2026 down 0.3% falling
16 Latvia 37.5 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
16 Slovenia 37.5 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
18 Croatia 37.4 Hour 2026 down 3.1% falling
19 Slovak Republic 37 Hour 2026 down 3.6% falling
20 Slovakia 36.8 Hour 2026 down 4.2% falling
21 Cyprus 36.7 Hour 2026 down 3.2% falling
21 Croatia 36.7 Hour 2026 down 4.9% falling
21 Portugal 36.7 Hour 2026 down 0.8% flat
24 Latvia 36.6 Hour 2026 down 3.7% falling
25 Malta 36.4 Hour 2026 down 2.2% falling
25 Hungary 36.4 Hour 2026 down 5.0% falling
27 Czechia 36.3 Hour 2026 down 5.2% falling
28 Italy 36 Hour 2026 unchanged falling
29 Spain 35.9 Hour 2026 down 1.1% falling
30 United Kingdom 35.4 Hour 2020 up 0.6% flat
30 United Kingdom 35.4 Hour 2020 up 0.6% flat
32 Estonia 35.3 Hour 2026 down 7.1% falling
33 Estonia 35.2 Hour 2026 down 7.4% falling
34 Switzerland 34.8 Hour 2026 down 3.9% falling
35 Luxembourg 34.6 Hour 2026 down 7.5% falling
36 France 34.4 Hour 2026 down 3.1% falling
37 Iceland 34.3 Hour 2026 down 9.3% falling
38 Ireland 34.1 Hour 2026 down 3.1% falling
39 Belgium 33.2 Hour 2026 down 9.0% falling
39 Finland 33.2 Hour 2026 down 6.2% falling
41 Sweden 33.1 Hour 2026 down 6.8% flat
42 Germany 32.9 Hour 2026 down 7.1% falling
43 Austria 32.6 Hour 2026 down 5.5% falling
44 Norway 32.2 Hour 2026 down 4.7% falling
45 Denmark 31.8 Hour 2026 down 5.6% falling
46 Netherlands 30.2 Hour 2026 down 6.2% falling
47 Netherlands 29.5 Hour 2026 down 8.4% falling

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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Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who worked in this job during the reference week by professional status, full-time/part-time employment and occupation - quarterly data
Unit
Hour
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
49 places, 1,297 data points, 1998–2026
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