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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
45
Highest
42.9 Hour
Montenegro
Lowest
30.2 Hour
Netherlands
Median
37 Hour
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
1,258

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 45 countries. The highest value is 42.9 Hour in Montenegro; the lowest is 30.2 Hour in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 37 Hour, and the mean is 36.42 Hour.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 6.5%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 10.9%).

Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montenegro 42.9 Hour 2020 up 6.5% flat
2 Türkiye 40.7 Hour 2026 down 10.9% falling
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.6 Hour 2026 down 1.5% flat
4 Serbia 39.1 Hour 2026 down 6.2% falling
5 North Macedonia 38.5 Hour 2026 down 7.9% falling
5 Greece 38.5 Hour 2026 down 5.2% falling
7 Hungary 38.4 Hour 2026 up 0.3% falling
7 Poland 38.4 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
7 Poland 38.4 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
10 Bulgaria 38.3 Hour 2026 down 5.2% falling
11 Lithuania 38.2 Hour 2026 up 0.3% flat
11 Romania 38.2 Hour 2026 down 1.3% flat
11 Lithuania 38.2 Hour 2026 up 0.3% flat
14 Slovenia 37.9 Hour 2026 down 0.3% falling
14 Slovenia 37.9 Hour 2026 down 0.3% falling
16 Czechia 37.7 Hour 2026 down 1.6% falling
17 Latvia 37.5 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
17 Latvia 37.5 Hour 2026 down 1.3% falling
19 Croatia 37.4 Hour 2026 down 3.1% falling
19 Croatia 37.4 Hour 2026 down 3.1% falling
19 Portugal 37.4 Hour 2026 up 1.1% flat
22 Slovakia 37 Hour 2026 down 3.6% falling
22 Slovakia 37 Hour 2026 down 3.6% falling
22 Malta 37 Hour 2026 down 0.5% falling
25 Cyprus 36.7 Hour 2026 down 3.2% falling
26 Spain 36 Hour 2026 down 0.8% falling
27 France 35.9 Hour 2026 up 1.1% falling
28 Italy 35.8 Hour 2026 down 0.6% falling
29 Luxembourg 35.6 Hour 2026 down 4.8% falling
30 United Kingdom 35.4 Hour 2020 up 0.6% flat
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 35.4 Hour 2020 up 0.6% flat
32 Estonia 35.2 Hour 2026 down 7.4% falling
32 Estonia 35.2 Hour 2026 down 7.4% falling
34 Switzerland 34.9 Hour 2026 down 3.6% falling
35 Iceland 34.6 Hour 2025 down 10.1% falling
36 Belgium 34.5 Hour 2026 down 5.5% falling
37 Sweden 34.1 Hour 2026 down 3.9% flat
38 Ireland 33.9 Hour 2026 down 3.7% falling
39 Germany 33.4 Hour 2026 down 5.6% falling
39 Austria 33.4 Hour 2026 down 3.2% falling
41 Norway 33.1 Hour 2026 down 2.1% falling
41 Finland 33.1 Hour 2026 down 6.5% falling
43 Denmark 32.3 Hour 2026 down 4.2% falling
44 Netherlands 30.2 Hour 2026 down 6.2% falling
44 Netherlands 30.2 Hour 2026 down 6.2% 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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Indicator
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
47 places, 1,258 data points, 1998–2026
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