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Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person (ILO modelled estimates) by country

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. This indicator refers to mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in their main job. For more information,...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
54.67
Bhutan
Lowest
23.37
Yemen
Median
39.14
Years covered
23
2005–2027
Data points
6,324

What the numbers show

Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person (ILO modelled estimates) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 54.67 in Bhutan; the lowest is 23.37 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.14, and the mean is 38.78.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 26.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 19.4%).

Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bhutan 54.67 2027 up 7.5% rising
2 Sudan 50.76 2022 up 3.9% flat
3 Lesotho 49.98 2027 up 1.1% rising
4 Sao Tome and Principe 48.99 2027 up 0.9% rising
5 Congo 48.86 2027 up 0.7% flat
6 Jordan 48.49 2027 up 2.6% flat
7 United Arab Emirates 48.28 2027 down 6.8% falling
8 Burkina Faso 48.18 2027 up 4.7% rising
9 Liberia 48.11 2027 up 2.0% rising
10 Pakistan 47.62 2027 up 1.9% flat
11 Lebanon 46.77 2023 down 0.7% flat
12 Mongolia 46.62 2027 down 6.9% falling
13 Bangladesh 46.53 2027 down 0.9% flat
14 Cape Verde 46.19 2027 up 1.6% flat
15 Cambodia 46.17 2027 up 1.3% flat
16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 45.99 2027 up 3.1% flat
17 Maldives 45.86 2027 down 3.9% falling
18 Kuwait 45.75 2027 down 1.6% flat
19 India 45.68 2027 down 7.2% flat
20 Senegal 45.64 2027 up 6.7% rising
21 Macau, China 45.56 2027 down 0.7% flat
22 Qatar 45.17 2027 down 7.8% falling
23 Samoa 45.09 2027 up 2.1% flat
24 Equatorial Guinea 44.8 2027 down 2.4% flat
25 Brunei Darussalam 44.75 2027 down 3.2% flat
26 China 44.65 2027 down 2.6% falling
27 Singapore 44.63 2027 down 0.2% falling
28 Malaysia 44.55 2027 down 2.1% falling
29 Zimbabwe 44.42 2027 up 21.2% rising
30 Honduras 44.2 2027 up 16.3% rising
31 Morocco 44.19 2027 down 1.0% flat
32 Tunisia 44.13 2027 down 1.0% flat
33 Egypt 44.11 2027 down 0.1% flat
34 Oman 44.05 2027 down 2.6% flat
35 Mali 43.73 2027 up 3.9% flat
36 Montenegro 43.51 2027 up 2.6% rising
37 Jamaica 43.47 2027 up 1.0% flat
38 Botswana 43.32 2027 down 4.2% falling
39 Algeria 43.27 2027 down 1.0% flat
39 Guyana 43.27 2027 up 6.6% rising
41 Hong Kong, China 42.99 2027 up 0.0% falling
42 Sierra Leone 42.93 2027 up 1.3% flat
43 Guinea-Bissau 42.92 2027 up 1.7% flat
44 El Salvador 42.9 2027 up 1.8% flat
45 Angola 42.88 2027 up 6.3% rising
46 Türkiye 42.81 2027 down 2.0% falling
47 Myanmar 42.53 2027 down 11.9% falling
48 Zambia 42.47 2027 up 11.5% rising
49 Libya 42.44 2027 down 4.8% falling
50 Colombia 42.37 2027 up 0.9% falling
51 Western Sahara 42.31 2027 up 0.9% flat
52 Gabon 42.3 2027 up 0.4% flat
53 Cameroon 42.29 2027 up 2.0% flat
54 Thailand 42.18 2027 down 1.1% falling
55 Namibia 42.09 2027 down 4.8% flat
56 Benin 42.04 2027 up 2.1% flat
57 Costa Rica 42.02 2027 up 0.3% falling
58 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 41.84 2027 up 0.7% flat
59 Viet Nam 41.73 2027 up 5.0% falling
60 Uganda 41.67 2027 up 26.8% rising
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.51 2027 up 0.8% flat
62 Turkmenistan 41.5 2027 up 0.4% flat
63 Haiti 41.46 2027 up 1.4% flat
64 Côte d'Ivoire 41.45 2027 up 2.9% flat
65 Albania 41.41 2027 up 3.4% flat
66 Guatemala 41.4 2027 up 1.9% flat
67 Paraguay 41.35 2027 up 1.3% falling
68 Eswatini 41.2 2027 down 10.6% falling
69 Nepal 41.11 2027 up 2.1% rising
70 Mexico 41.09 2027 down 4.4% falling
71 South Africa 41.07 2027 down 2.9% falling
72 Tajikistan 40.99 2027 up 1.7% flat
73 Burundi 40.96 2027 up 1.4% flat
74 Uzbekistan 40.94 2027 up 1.0% rising
75 Cuba 40.83 2027 down 0.6% flat
75 Papua New Guinea 40.83 2027 up 1.8% rising
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.81 2027 down 0.1% flat
78 Saudi Arabia 40.77 2027 up 4.9% rising
79 Guinea 40.73 2027 up 2.3% flat
80 Saint Lucia 40.31 2027 down 0.4% flat
81 Bahrain 40.17 2027 down 2.6% falling
81 Suriname 40.17 2027 down 0.8% falling
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40.08 2027 up 1.0% flat
84 Belize 40.03 2027 down 5.2% falling
84 Tanzania, United Republic of 40.03 2027 up 5.2% rising
86 Niger 39.96 2027 up 1.3% flat
87 Central African Republic 39.94 2027 up 1.3% flat
88 Eritrea 39.81 2027 up 1.4% flat
89 Philippines 39.74 2027 down 3.1% flat
90 Palestine, State of 39.68 2022 up 7.4% rising
91 Mauritania 39.52 2027 up 1.9% flat
91 Nigeria 39.52 2027 down 6.1% flat
93 Sri Lanka 39.45 2027 down 7.5% falling
94 Dominican Republic 39.17 2027 down 1.7% falling
95 Ukraine 39.11 2021 down 1.5% flat
96 Taiwan, China 38.9 2027 down 1.4% flat
97 Kenya 38.87 2027 down 0.7% flat
98 Romania 38.47 2027 up 0.5% flat
99 Kyrgyzstan 38.43 2027 up 1.8% rising
100 Armenia 38.34 2027 up 7.0% flat
101 Mauritius 38.32 2027 up 4.0% flat
102 Puerto Rico 38.3 2027 up 4.0% rising
103 Trinidad and Tobago 38.29 2027 down 3.0% flat
104 Greece 38.26 2027 down 2.7% falling
105 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 38.21 2027 down 1.1% falling
106 Russian Federation 38.19 2027 up 0.4% flat
107 Brazil 38.08 2027 up 1.5% flat
108 Kazakhstan 37.99 2027 down 0.0% flat
109 Peru 37.94 2027 down 1.5% flat
110 Guam 37.93 2027 down 1.4% flat
111 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.89 2027 down 8.0% falling
112 Togo 37.86 2027 up 1.1% rising
113 Gambia 37.83 2027 down 4.7% rising
114 Indonesia 37.67 2027 down 3.7% falling
115 South Sudan 37.6 2023 up 2.5% flat
116 Bulgaria 37.59 2027 down 3.5% falling
116 Georgia 37.59 2027 up 6.3% flat
118 Comoros 37.41 2027 down 6.6% falling
119 Republic of Moldova 37.4 2027 up 1.6% flat
120 Republic of Korea 37.29 2027 down 12.2% falling
121 Serbia 37.27 2027 down 3.2% falling
122 North Macedonia 37.23 2027 down 9.0% falling
123 Fiji 37.17 2027 up 7.8% flat
124 Ecuador 37.16 2027 down 1.3% falling
125 Bahamas 36.64 2027 unchanged flat
126 Chile 36.38 2027 down 4.1% falling
127 Poland 36.31 2027 down 1.2% falling
128 United States of America 36.27 2027 down 0.9% flat
129 Belarus 36.05 2027 up 2.7% flat
130 Panama 36 2027 down 5.1% falling
131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 35.91 2027 up 2.4% flat
131 Nicaragua 35.91 2027 down 0.1% flat
133 United States Virgin Islands 35.76 2027 down 1.8% falling
134 Afghanistan 35.58 2027 down 6.3% flat
135 Cyprus 35.41 2027 up 0.3% flat
136 Lithuania 35.35 2027 down 0.1% flat
137 New Caledonia 35.33 2027 up 1.3% flat
137 French Polynesia 35.33 2027 down 0.7% flat
139 Argentina 34.99 2027 down 3.0% falling
139 Latvia 34.99 2027 down 1.9% falling
141 Israel 34.96 2027 down 3.4% flat
142 Solomon Islands 34.94 2027 up 0.9% flat
143 Hungary 34.83 2027 down 5.9% falling
144 Madagascar 34.74 2027 up 3.9% rising
145 Switzerland 34.61 2027 up 0.3% flat
146 Azerbaijan 34.5 2027 down 0.4% falling
147 Czechia 34.48 2027 down 3.1% falling
148 Barbados 34.47 2027 down 4.1% falling
149 Italy 33.9 2027 up 0.2% flat
150 Slovakia 33.88 2027 down 5.1% falling
151 Croatia 33.86 2027 down 3.3% falling
152 Malta 33.74 2027 down 5.4% falling
153 Uruguay 33.68 2027 down 2.8% flat
154 Timor-Leste 33.58 2027 up 8.3% rising
155 New Zealand 33.48 2027 down 0.9% flat
156 Portugal 33.46 2027 down 2.7% falling
157 Slovenia 33.3 2027 up 0.1% falling
158 Ghana 32.68 2027 down 0.7% flat
159 Mozambique 32.49 2027 up 9.4% rising
160 Iceland 32.37 2027 down 5.9% falling
161 Luxembourg 32.14 2027 down 5.3% flat
162 Spain 31.94 2027 down 4.6% falling
163 Canada 31.86 2027 down 1.0% flat
164 Estonia 31.6 2027 down 9.9% falling
165 Belgium 31.42 2027 down 4.5% flat
166 Australia 31.28 2027 down 2.3% falling
167 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.17 2027 down 0.1% flat
168 Japan 31.1 2027 down 5.4% falling
169 Ethiopia 31.07 2027 up 3.2% rising
170 France 30.87 2027 down 0.7% flat
171 Tonga 30.79 2027 down 10.9% falling
172 Malawi 30.76 2027 up 1.4% flat
173 Djibouti 30.74 2027 up 1.1% flat
174 Chad 30.55 2027 up 1.0% flat
175 Somalia 30.5 2027 up 1.2% flat
176 Ireland 30.45 2027 down 8.0% falling
177 Iraq 30.35 2027 down 5.9% falling
178 Germany 29.66 2027 down 3.5% falling
179 Rwanda 29.28 2027 down 8.0% falling
180 Sweden 29.2 2027 down 1.9% flat
181 Austria 29.15 2027 down 5.0% falling
182 Finland 29.1 2027 down 4.4% falling
183 Denmark 28.91 2027 down 1.4% flat
184 Vanuatu 28.31 2027 up 1.6% rising
185 Syrian Arab Republic 27.28 2027 down 15.8% falling
186 Norway 26.58 2027 down 4.8% falling
187 Netherlands 26.57 2027 down 3.3% falling
188 Yemen 23.37 2027 down 19.4% falling

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

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Indicator
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person (ILO modelled estimates)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 6,324 data points, 2005–2027
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Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. This indicator refers to mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in their main job. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.