Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during the reference week - quarterly data by country

Countries reporting
44
Highest
3,920
Germany
Lowest
10
Malta
Median
146
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
280

What the numbers show

Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during the reference week - quarterly data is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 3,920 in Germany; the lowest is 10 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 146, and the mean is 495.55.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 392.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 1,115.8%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 69.0%).

Employed persons: quarterly data … actual quarterly: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 3,920 2026 down 25.3% falling
2 France 3,146 2026 down 20.5% falling
3 Türkiye 2,290 2026 up 98.6% rising
4 Spain 1,890 2026 down 1.9% flat
5 Netherlands 1,315 2026 up 12.9% rising
6 Netherlands 1,275 2026 up 9.4% rising
7 Poland 1,024 2026 up 13.5% rising
8 Poland 718 2026 down 20.4% falling
9 Sweden 537 2026 down 9.9% falling
10 Austria 453 2026 down 10.7% flat
11 Belgium 445 2026 down 15.2% falling
12 Switzerland 442 2026 up 5.7% rising
13 Norway 422 2026 down 7.3% falling
14 Portugal 398 2026 down 13.5% falling
15 Italy 351 2026 down 69.0% falling
16 Denmark 328 2026 down 16.8% falling
17 Finland 311 2026 up 19.2% rising
18 Czechia 256 2026 down 45.1% falling
19 Ireland 231 2026 up 1,115.8% rising
20 Slovakia 222 2026 — falling
21 Hungary 213 2026 down 55.6% falling
22 Croatia 158 2026 unchanged flat
23 Serbia 134 2026 down 13.0% falling
23 Serbia 134 2026 down 13.0% falling
25 Romania 118 2026 up 21.6% rising
25 Slovakia 118 2026 — falling
27 Slovenia 113 2026 up 25.6% rising
28 Croatia 111 2026 down 29.7% falling
29 Slovenia 99 2026 up 10.0% rising
30 Greece 75 2026 down 11.8% falling
31 Latvia 74 2026 up 21.3% rising
32 Latvia 69 2026 up 13.1% flat
33 Lithuania 67 2026 down 31.6% falling
34 Lithuania 63 2026 down 35.7% falling
35 Estonia 61 2026 down 9.0% falling
36 Bulgaria 56 2026 down 23.3% falling
37 Estonia 54 2026 down 19.4% falling
38 Cyprus 23 2026 down 11.5% falling
38 Iceland 23 2026 unchanged falling
40 Luxembourg 19 2026 down 54.8% falling
41 North Macedonia 13 2026 down 59.4% falling
41 North Macedonia 13 2026 down 59.4% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 2026 down 14.3% flat
44 Malta 10 2026 down 60.0% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during the reference week - quarterly data
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
47 places, 280 data points, 2021–2026
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