Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job - quarterly data by country

Countries reporting
43
Highest
4,754
Germany
Lowest
2
North Macedonia
Median
34
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
274

What the numbers show

Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job - quarterly data is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 4,754 in Germany; the lowest is 2 in North Macedonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 34, and the mean is 423.65.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,377.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 109.1%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 51.1%).

Employed persons by usual: quarterly data: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 4,754 2026 up 4.4% flat
2 Türkiye 2,372 2026 up 104.5% rising
3 France 1,667 2026 up 10.1% rising
4 Netherlands 1,549 2026 up 0.8% flat
5 Netherlands 1,542 2026 up 0.3% flat
6 Spain 1,015 2026 down 1.4% flat
7 Italy 847 2026 down 30.2% falling
8 Switzerland 617 2026 up 3.2% flat
9 Belgium 464 2026 up 16.6% rising
10 Denmark 432 2026 up 20.0% rising
11 Norway 417 2026 up 13.0% rising
12 Austria 399 2026 up 2.8% flat
13 Sweden 346 2026 up 14.2% rising
14 Poland 288 2026 up 40.5% rising
15 Ireland 274 2026 up 7.5% rising
16 Poland 267 2026 up 30.2% rising
17 Finland 218 2026 down 18.0% falling
18 Portugal 136 2026 up 5.4% rising
19 Czechia 130 2026 up 62.5% rising
20 Hungary 67 2026 up 86.1% rising
21 Greece 45 2026 down 51.1% falling
22 Slovakia 34 2026 up 47.8% rising
23 Slovakia 28 2026 up 21.7% rising
24 Slovenia 27 2026 up 22.7% rising
25 Slovenia 25 2026 up 13.6% rising
26 Latvia 23 2026 up 109.1% rising
27 Latvia 20 2026 up 81.8% rising
27 Lithuania 20 2026 up 25.0% rising
29 Lithuania 18 2026 up 12.5% rising
29 Luxembourg 18 2026 up 38.5% rising
29 Estonia 18 2026 down 10.0% falling
32 Croatia 17 2026 up 30.8% rising
32 Serbia 17 2026 down 45.2% falling
32 Serbia 17 2026 down 45.2% falling
32 Estonia 17 2026 down 15.0% falling
36 Iceland 15 2026 down 25.0% falling
37 Romania 14 2026 down 22.2% falling
37 Croatia 14 2026 up 7.7% flat
39 Cyprus 12 2026 down 36.8% falling
40 Malta 8 2026 up 14.3% rising
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2026 down 44.4% falling
42 North Macedonia 2 2026 unchanged falling
42 North Macedonia 2 2026 unchanged 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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Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job - quarterly data
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
46 places, 274 data points, 2021–2026
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