Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person by country

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Countries reporting
88
Highest
50.65
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
26.08
Niger
Median
39.95
Years covered
51
1976–2026
Data points
1,886

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
88 places, 1,886 data points, 1976–2026
Last refreshed

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.