Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 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 person in care employment is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 53.68 in Jordan; the lowest is 25.3 in Austria.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.6, and the mean is 36.86.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 33.7%), and the largest decrease in France (down 16.9%).
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 53.68 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 2 | Tanzania | 53.09 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bhutan | 49.82 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 4 | India | 49.09 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 5 | Brunei | 47.04 | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 44.09 | 2025 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 44.06 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 8 | Senegal | 42.4 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 42.1 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 10 | Zambia | 41.97 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 41.69 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 12 | Vietnam | 41.54 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 13 | Turkey | 40.81 | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 14 | Angola | 40.1 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 40.01 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 39.91 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 17 | Colombia | 39.5 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Myanmar | 39.25 | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 39.2 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 20 | Grenada | 39.11 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 39.04 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | Uganda | 39.01 | 2021 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 23 | Botswana | 38.94 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | Mongolia | 38.89 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 25 | Cambodia | 38.79 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 26 | Panama | 38.75 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.69 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 28 | Jamaica | 38.36 | 2014 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 29 | Guyana | 38.22 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 37.92 | 2025 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 37.87 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 32 | Seychelles | 37.6 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 33 | Kosovo | 37.5 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 37.39 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 36.24 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 36 | South Africa | 35.9 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.88 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 35.7 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 39 | Iran | 35.52 | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 40 | Georgia | 35.18 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 41 | Serbia | 35.08 | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 42 | Ecuador | 34.61 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 43 | United States | 34.45 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 44 | Brazil | 33.83 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 32.97 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 46 | Cyprus | 32.95 | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 47 | Czechia | 32.42 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 48 | Belarus | 32.34 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 49 | Mexico | 32.1 | 2026 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 50 | Bolivia | 32.02 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 51 | Palestine | 31.79 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 52 | Slovakia | 30.67 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 53 | Greece | 30.46 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 54 | Switzerland | 30.18 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 55 | Portugal | 29.6 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritius | 29.36 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 29.15 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 28.41 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 59 | France | 26.83 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 60 | Uruguay | 26.31 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 61 | Italy | 26.18 | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 62 | Argentina | 25.49 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 63 | Austria | 25.3 | 2025 | down 4.2% | 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.