Overview

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

Acknowledgement

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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 for both genders, averaging at 47.4 hours for men and 41.7 for women. Iceland also had the largest difference between genders and full-time weekly work hours, a difference of 5.7 hours per week.

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.

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.

Corresponds to the number of hours the person normally works. Covers all hours including extra hours, both paid and unpaid. Excludes the travel time between the home and the place of work as well as the main meal breaks.

As of 2023, 8.9 percent of employed people in the European Union usually worked from home. This share of home-office workers varied widely between European countries, with a 21 percent of finish workers usually working from home, compared to only one percent of Romanian workers. It was in general more common for women to work from home usually than men, however, this was notably reversed in some countries, such as Ireland where almost 23 percent of men regularly worked from home.

Italy - Hours worked per week of full-time employment was 40.00 Hour in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Hours worked per week of full-time employment - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, Italy - Hours worked per week of full-time employment reached a record high of 40.70 Hour in December of 2019 and a record low of 40.00 Hour in December of 2024.

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.

Data on the occupied population by age group, by employment status, by economic activities, after the week of work, working hours, sexes and averages

In order to provide a statistical description of the labour market, CBS has an integrated system of labour data developed, the labor accounts. The publication you have now opened

includes labour market data from these labour accounts, such as data

on employed persons and workers, jobs and the volume of labour. This one

detailed data can also be found in the tables on labour in

the paper publication National Accounts. In note 9.9 of this

paper publication can be found more information on the topics that

relate to labour.

This table has been discontinued. Data is available from

2001 to 2010.

2001 first quarter to 2011 first quarter.

Reason to stop:

The tables of the National Accounts, to be found under macro-economics,

are restructured. The tables are in a new

folder structure placed. A number of tables appear in the second half of

2011 revised. Some tables move one to one into a new table,

others are split up, others (partially) merged with other

tables. The aim of the restructuring is to ensure the availability of the

increase the numbers. The restructuring coincides with the revision of

the business classification in the tables of the national accounts

used. The National Accounts have passed this from the SBI '93

to the 2008 SBI.

The dataset "tps00070" has been discontinued since 19/07/2023.

This dataset presents the regulatory duration of work at SNCF for full-time positions. It is reduced on public holidays and days of rest.

This series is compared, for information, to the chronology of working time established by INSEE for the period 1950-2018 (national accounts, base 2014).

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

ObjectivesThis study examined the gender and cross-country differences in the relationship between working hours and self-assessed health among working men and women in Europe, and further explored the moderating role of sleep disturbance in the relationship.MethodsWe used cross-sectional data from the 6th European Working Condition Survey on 14,603 men and 15,486 women across 30 countries in Europe. A multivariate logistic regression was applied to evaluate the relationship between working hours, sleep disturbance, and self- assessed health. In addition, we employed a two-stage multilevel logistic regression to assess the cross-country variations in the relationship between working hours and self-assessed health.ResultsThe study showed a slightly U-shaped relationship between working hours and less-than-good self-assessed health among working adults in Europe (

As of the first quarter of 2024, there were approximately 201 million people in employment in the European Union. This figure marks a significant improvement on the previous years, when unemployment in the EU had risen due to the effects of the inflation caused by the rise of the energy prices. Employment in the EU reached a low point during this period of around 188 million people employed in the second quarter of 2020, since which it has risen rapidly, only declining marginally between quarter four of 2020 and quarter one of 2021. The recent history of EU employment growth Total employment in the EU has risen by almost 20 million people since the low point following the great recession and Eurozone crisis in quarter one of 2013. The early 2010s were a particularly difficiult time for the European Union, as the global financial crisis had caused the collapse of property and asset markets, particularly in Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. These countries were in many cases forced to provide extraordinary financial assistance to financial institutions, which ballooned their national debt and finally led to sovereign debt crises, with the ECB and IMF stepping in to provide bailouts. These successive crises, as well as the constrained fiscal approach to solving the crises, led to a prolonged period of falling total employment. As the waves of crises receded, the EU went through a prolonged period of job growth, driven in particular by Germany's period of export-led growth from 2015 onwards, in which total employment grew in the EU consistently from quarter two of 2013 to quarter four of 2019.

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 August 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.

In this table you will find information on the number of persons employed in the labour force working at regular intervals and the number that works at irregular times, for example at night or weekends.

Data available from: 2000 to 2013.

Status of the figures Figures based on the EBB are always final.

Changes as of 2 March 2017 None, this table has been discontinued.

Changes as of 1 April 2014: The 2013 annual figures have been added to this table. The data on the level of education from 2012 onwards is provisional. The final figures are expected to be published at the end of 2014.

When are new figures coming? This table has been discontinued. The update of 1 April 2014 was the last update of this table. New revised tables on the labour force were published on 26 February 2015. This revision of the statistics of the labour force has two parts. The definitions have been adapted to the internationally agreed definitions and data collection has been improved by being the first statistical office in Europe to survey via the Internet. For more information on the revision, see the link to the press release in paragraph 3.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify working conditions of both employees and the self-employed across Europe on a harmonised basis;analyse relationships between different aspects of working conditions;identify groups at risk and issues of concern as well as of progress;monitor trends by providing homogeneous indicators on these issues; andcontribute to European policy development in particular on quality of work and employment issues.Themes covered include employment status, working time duration and organisation, work organisation, learning and training, physical and psychosocial risk factors, health and safety, work-life balance, worker participation, earnings and financial security, as well as work and health.The EWCS paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. Its findings highlight actions for policy actors to help them address the challenges facing Europe today. The EWCS is generally conducted once every five years, although an extra wave was conducted in 2001 to cover the new acceding and candidate EU countries. The survey is based on a questionnaire which is administered face-to-face to a random sample of 'persons in employment' (i.e. employees and the self-employed), representative of the working population in each EU country. An integrated dataset is also available (see SN 7363) which combines data from the first five waves of the survey in one file. Before working with the EWCS data, users are recommended to read the latest supplementary supporting documentation on the Eurofound European Working Conditions Survey webpages. Further information about the series can be found there, including methodological information, technical reports and reports on translation, sampling implementation, sampling evaluation and weighting, coding, quality control, quality assurance and other publications. Main Topics: The 2010 questionnaire covered several aspects of working conditions, including physical environment, workplace design, working hours, work organisation, well-being, and social/colleague relationships in the workplace. Demographic information was also collected. Standard Measures: The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), Nomenclature generale des Activites Economiques dans les Communautes Europeennes (NACE) and International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) schedules were used. Multi-stage stratified random sample Face-to-face interview 2010 ACCIDENTS AT WORK AGE ALLERGIES ANXIETY ASSAULT AUTONOMY AT WORK Albania Austria BACK PAIN BONUS PAYMENTS BULLYING Belgium Bulgaria CARE OF DEPENDANTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT CHIEF INCOME EARNERS CHILD CARE CHILD DAY CARE CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION PROCESS COMMUTING COMPUTERS CONDITIONS OF EMPLO... CUSTOMERS Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic DECISION MAKING DISABILITY DISCRIMI... DISCRIMINATION AGAI... DOMESTIC RESPONSIBI... Denmark ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL COURSES EDUCATIONAL LEAVE EMOTIONAL STATES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EUROPEAN UNION EXPOSURE TO NOISE Estonia FAMILIES FAMILY LIFE FATIGUE PHYSIOLOGY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FLEXIBLE WORKING TIME FREQUENCY OF PAY FRIENDS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FUMES Finland France GENDER Germany October 1990 Greece HARASSMENT HEADACHES HEALTH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS HEART DISEASES HOLIDAY LEAVE HOME BASED WORK HOURS OF WORK HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING TENURE Hungary INDUSTRIAL INJURIES INDUSTRIAL NOISE INDUSTRIES INFORMATION SOURCES INTERNET Ireland Italy JOB CHANGING JOB SATISFACTION JOB SECURITY LABOUR LAW LEAVE LEGISLATION Labour and employment Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS MANAGERS MANUAL WORKERS MATERNITY LEAVE MUSCULOSKELETAL DIS... Macedonia Malta Montenegro NATIONALITY DISCRIM... Netherlands Norway OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES OCCUPATIONAL LIFE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY OCCUPATIONS PARENTAL LEAVE PART TIME EMPLOYMENT PASSIVE SMOKING PATERNITY LEAVE PAYMENTS PEER GROUP RELATION... PERSONAL PROTECTIVE... PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES POLITICAL ATTITUDES POLITICAL PARTICIPA... PRIVATE SECTOR PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFIT SHARING PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS PUBLIC SECTOR Poland Portugal QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RADIATION RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMIN... REPETITIVE WORK RESPIRATORY TRACT D... RESPONSIBILITY RISK Romania SELF EMPLOYED SEX DISCRIMINATION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SHARES SHIFT WORK SICK LEAVE SKIN DISEASES SLEEP DISORDERS SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION STOMACH DISORDERS STRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISORY STATUS Slovakia Slovenia Social behaviour an... Social conditions a... Spain Sweden TELEPHONES TELEWORK TEMPERATURE TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP TRAINING Turkey UNSOCIAL WORKING HOURS United Kingdom VIBRATIONS VISION IMPAIRMENTS VOLUNTARY WORK WAGES WORK LIFE BALANCE WORKERS PARTICIPATION WORKING CONDITIONS WORKPLACE