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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.