European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Full Time: EU 27 excl UK data was reported at 40.300 Hour in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40.400 Hour for 2023. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Full Time: EU 27 excl UK data is updated yearly, averaging 41.200 Hour from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2024, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.600 Hour in 2008 and a record low of 40.300 Hour in 2024. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Full Time: EU 27 excl UK data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G049: Eurostat: Average Weekly Hours Worked.

Overview

The dataset contains weekly working hours for various European countries spanning from 2014 to 2023.

Acknowledgement

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European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EU 27 excl UK data was reported at 21.500 Hour in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 21.400 Hour for 2023. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EU 27 excl UK data is updated yearly, averaging 20.500 Hour from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2024, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.500 Hour in 2024 and a record low of 20.100 Hour in 2012. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EU 27 excl UK data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G049: Eurostat: Average Weekly Hours Worked.

In 2023, employees in most Central and Eastern European countries worked longer than the average weekly number of hours at the main full-time job (** hours) in the European Union. ***** worked the longest, nearly ** hours. Estonia, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia employees worked shorter than the EU average — below ** hours per week.

This statistic shows the average usual weekly hours worked in a pert-time job in European countries in 2015. Romania had the highest amount of part-time weekly hours worked for males, this was followed by Belgium and Switzerland.

European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EA 20 data was reported at 21.400 Hour in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 21.400 Hour for 2023. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EA 20 data is updated yearly, averaging 20.300 Hour from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2024, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.400 Hour in 2024 and a record low of 19.900 Hour in 2012. European Union Average Weekly Hours Worked: Employment: Part Time: EA 20 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G049: Eurostat: Average Weekly Hours Worked.

The average for 2023 based on 28 countries was 1590.85 hours. The highest value was in Greece: 1897 hours and the lowest value was in Germany: 1342.65 hours. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This statistic shows the average usual weekly hours worked in full-time job by a female in European countries in 2015. Switzerland had the highest amount of weekly hours worked by women averaging at 42.3 hours.

This statistic shows the average usual weekly hours worked in a main job in Europe in 2015, by country. Belgium had the highest amount of weekly hours worked at **** hours, whereas Portugal had the lowest, with an average of **** hours in a part-time working week.

Average usual working hours of employees, by possibility to work variable hours in the reference week, sex and age

Average hours worked per employee, by working time, NACE Rev. 2 activity and NUTS 1 region

Germany - Hours worked per week of full-time employment was 40.20 Hour in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Germany - Hours worked per week of full-time employment - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Germany - Hours worked per week of full-time employment reached a record high of 41.80 Hour in December of 2012 and a record low of 40.20 Hour in December of 2024.

This statistic shows the average usual weekly hours worked in a main job in European countries in 2015, by gender. Iceland had the highest amount of weekly hours worked by genders, averaging at 47.4 hours.

Average hours worked and paid per employee, by working time and NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - LCS survey 2004

Analysis of ‘Average number of actual weekly hours of work in main job, by sex, professional status, full-time/part-time and occupation (hours)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/so0wrbv7mexr3hetnfjdew on 30 September 2021.

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This dataset provides values for AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Number of employees and hours worked, by working time, NACE Rev. 2 activity and NUTS 1 region

Average number of usual weekly hours of work in main job by sex, age and NUTS 2 region (hours)

The average number of hours corresponds to the number of hours the person normally works. This covers all hours including extra hours, either paid or unpaid, which the person normally works. It excludes the travel time between the home and the place of work as well as the main meal breaks (normally taken at midday). The distinction between full-time and part-time work is made on the basis of a spontaneous answer given by the respondent.

Average number of usual weekly hours of work in main job, by sex, age, professional status, full-time/part-time and economic activity (from 2008 onwards, NACE Rev. 2)