Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 49.45 in Bhutan; the lowest is 29.52 in Austria.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.39, and the mean is 40.88.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 9.5%), and the largest decrease in France (down 12.7%).
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 49.45 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 49.44 | 2021 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 48.89 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 4 | Pakistan | 48.49 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 5 | Iran | 46.78 | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 46.6 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 46.47 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 8 | Angola | 46.12 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 46.06 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Honduras | 45.99 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 45.96 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 12 | Brunei | 45.81 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 45.27 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 14 | Vietnam | 44.79 | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 44.5 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 44.04 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Guyana | 43.76 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | El Salvador | 43.24 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 43.19 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 20 | Turkey | 42.92 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Botswana | 42.89 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Panama | 42.86 | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 42.68 | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 42.56 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 25 | Rwanda | 42.27 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 26 | Mongolia | 42.19 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 27 | Albania | 41.79 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Georgia | 41.79 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 29 | Mexico | 41.42 | 2026 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 30 | Grenada | 41.37 | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.63 | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Philippines | 40.58 | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 33 | Kosovo | 40.44 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.07 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Seychelles | 39.99 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 36 | Palestine | 39.92 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bolivia | 39.69 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 38 | Ecuador | 39.61 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritius | 38.85 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 40 | Brazil | 38.73 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | Serbia | 38.1 | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 37.8 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 43 | Greece | 37.53 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 37.19 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 45 | United States | 37.13 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 46 | Israel | 37.03 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 47 | Switzerland | 37.01 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 48 | Belarus | 36.53 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 49 | Cyprus | 35.67 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 50 | Argentina | 35.64 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 51 | Czechia | 35.16 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 52 | Slovakia | 33.92 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 33.5 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Portugal | 33.46 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 33.27 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 56 | Italy | 32.86 | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | France | 31.65 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 58 | Austria | 29.52 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Data on hours of work are presented, whenever possible, on the basis of the average number of hours of work per week, and with reference to hours worked in the main (paid) job regardless of working time arrangements (e.g. full-time and part-time). For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.