Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 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 usually worked per employed person is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 50.65 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 26.08 in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.95, and the mean is 40.48.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 25.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 43.4%).
Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 50.65 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 2 | Jordan | 48.74 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Iran | 47.53 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 4 | Mongolia | 46.95 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 5 | Myanmar | 46.52 | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 6 | Brunei | 46.48 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 46.44 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 8 | Guyana | 45.9 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 45.9 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 45.27 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 11 | Namibia | 44.85 | 2018 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Angola | 44.73 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 44.29 | 2026 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 14 | Vietnam | 44.06 | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 15 | Grenada | 44.05 | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 16 | Botswana | 43.91 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | Jamaica | 43.83 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Turkey | 43.76 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 43.58 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 20 | Honduras | 43.54 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Montenegro | 43.51 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Colombia | 43.42 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 43.4 | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 24 | Guatemala | 43.01 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 42.99 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 25 | Paraguay | 42.99 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 42.87 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 42.58 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Kosovo | 42.54 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 42.33 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 31 | Nigeria | 41.99 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 41.61 | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 41.59 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.12 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 35 | Georgia | 41.02 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Greece | 40.94 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Seychelles | 40.75 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 40.64 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 39 | Slovenia | 40.4 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 40 | Slovakia | 40.31 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 41 | Romania | 40.3 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 42 | Croatia | 40.23 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritius | 40.11 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 44 | Czechia | 40.04 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 45 | Poland | 39.87 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 46 | Israel | 39.82 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 39.79 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 48 | Chile | 39.68 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 49 | Armenia | 39.65 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 50 | Portugal | 39.54 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 51 | Sweden | 39.5 | 2025 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.48 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 39.42 | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 39.29 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 39.26 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 56 | Hungary | 39.22 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 57 | Brazil | 39.2 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 58 | Lithuania | 38.99 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 58 | Venezuela | 38.99 | 2017 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 60 | Cyprus | 38.94 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 61 | Russia | 38.92 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Belarus | 38.83 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Malta | 38.81 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 38.69 | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 38.64 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 38.51 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 67 | Bolivia | 38.44 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 68 | Estonia | 38.41 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 69 | France | 38.01 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 37.99 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Norway | 37.88 | 2025 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 72 | Belgium | 37.48 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 73 | Uruguay | 37.27 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 74 | Italy | 37 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 75 | Denmark | 36.85 | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 76 | Ireland | 36.69 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 77 | Togo | 36.68 | 2022 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 36 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 35.9 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 80 | Australia | 35.71 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 81 | Canada | 35.46 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 82 | Austria | 35.36 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 83 | Rwanda | 34.66 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 34.65 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | Germany | 34.33 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 86 | Netherlands | 34.02 | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 87 | East Timor | 32.53 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 88 | Niger | 26.08 | 2022 | down 43.4% | 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. The concept of hours usually worked relates to the typical value of hours actually worked in a job per a short reference period such as one week, over a long observation period of a month, quarter, season or year that comprises the short reference measurement period used. The typical value may be the modal value of the distribution of hours actually worked per short period over the long observation period, where meaningful. The short reference period for measuring hours usually worked should be the same as the reference period used to measure employment. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.