Kiribati in the Pacific was the country with the lowest average weekly working hours per employee in 2022, with the most recent value showing that the population of Kiribati worked on average less than 28 hours per week. Second came Vanuatu at nearly 29 hours per week, with Micronesia following in third. On the other hand, Gambia had the highest average weekly working hours worldwide.

Worldwide, Gambia was the country with the highest average weekly working hours per employee in 2021, with the most recent figure showing that an average employee in the West-African country worked more than 50 hours per week. India followed closely behind, with Lesotho having the third highest average weekly working hours.

In the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the average Colombian worker put in the most hours in 2022, with 2,400 hours, or 46.3 hours per week. German workers spent the least amount of time on the job, with 1,340 hours on average that year, equal to 25.8 hours per week.

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.

Between 2011 and 2023, full-time employees in Iceland worked significantly more than people in the four other Nordic countries and in the EU. In 2023, Icelanders worked 42.5 hours per week on average. Finns, Danes, and Norwegians worked the fewest hours on average. Both Swedes and Icelanders worked more hours than the EU average.

In October 2024, the average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the United States was at 34.3 hours. This includes part-time workers. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls. U.S. working week As in most industrialized countries, the standard work week in the United States begins on Monday and ends on Friday. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average workweek for all employees (including part-time) working in private industries in the United States amounted to about 34.5 hours in 2022. Over the course of one month, the U.S. workforce works about 3.9 billion hours in total.The average work week can differ heavily from industry to industry. An employee in the mining and logging industry worked about 45.5 hours a week in April 2023, while employees in private education and health services worked for an average of 33.4 hours per week.

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.

Sweden Hours Worked: Average: per Week: Total Employment data was reported at 34.700 Hour in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.900 Hour for Sep 2018. Sweden Hours Worked: Average: per Week: Total Employment data is updated monthly, averaging 34.000 Hour from Jan 1994 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 298 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.000 Hour in Sep 1999 and a record low of 17.400 Hour in Jul 2009. Sweden Hours Worked: Average: per Week: Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Sweden. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.G037: Hours Worked and Average Hours Worked per Week.

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 (39 hours) in the European Union. Serbs worked the longest, nearly 43 hours. Estonia, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia employees worked shorter than the EU average — below 39 hours per week.

The following dataset presents the average weekly number of hours worked by women in selected countries (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) in the years 1999 - 2016. The summary includes average weekly time worked in the main job, for women aged 15+. The estimates correspond to the declared amount. This includes part-time and full-time employment, as well as self-employment and caring for dependents. The data show that Poland is the country where women have the highest workload among the countries surveyed.

Korea Average Hour Worked Per Week data was reported at 42.000 Hour in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.700 Hour for Sep 2018. Korea Average Hour Worked Per Week data is updated monthly, averaging 50.150 Hour from Jul 1982 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 436 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.600 Hour in Jun 1988 and a record low of 30.900 Hour in Sep 2011. Korea Average Hour Worked Per Week data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Korea. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Korea – Table KR.G029: Employment: By Hours Worked Per Week.

Vietnam Average Working Hour Per Week data was reported at 45.110 Hour in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 44.900 Hour for 2016. Vietnam Average Working Hour Per Week data is updated yearly, averaging 45.000 Hour from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2017, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.000 Hour in 2009 and a record low of 43.500 Hour in 2014. Vietnam Average Working Hour Per Week data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.G045: Average Working Hour Per Week.

The dataset contains some 4 300 observations and covers 120 countries or political units. It shows that workers in manufacturing worked 60 to 90 hours per week in the 19th century, compared to around 40 hours today. This is a reduction of 20-50 hours, that is, 50-125% of today’s average working week.

In 2020, the average number of hours worked by an employee in Mongolia was approximately 46.8 hours per week. Comparatively, the average number of hours worked by an employee in Australia was approximately 32.3 hours per week in 2020.

The objective of this four-year statistic is to know the working conditions of the Basque salaried population, including the situation of those engaged in caring for people in a situation of dependency and domestic work, and that of the autonomous population with characteristics similar to those of the wage earner. More information on the https://www.euskadi.eus/informacion/encuesta-de-condiciones-de-trabajo-ect/web01-s2lanju/es/ departmental statistical portal.

Peru PE: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data was reported at 11.164 Hour in 2015. Peru PE: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data is updated yearly, averaging 11.164 Hour from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. Peru PE: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Average working hours of children studying and working refer to the average weekly working hours of those children who are attending school in combination with economic activity.; ; Understanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.; ;

Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Information & Communication data was reported at 43.000 Hour in 2018. Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Information & Communication data is updated yearly, averaging 43.000 Hour from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2018, with 1 observations. Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Information & Communication data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.G019: Nepal Labour Force Survey III: Average Hours Worked per Week: by Industry.

The Survey on the Population in Relation to Activity operation is a continuous source of information on the characteristics and dynamics of the labour force of the Basque Country. It records the relation to productive activity of the population resident in family households, as well as the changes produced in labour situations; it produces indicators of conjunctural variations in the evolution of the active population; it also estimates the degree of participation of the population in economically non-productive activities. It offers information on the province and capital level.

In a survey conducted in December 2021 among Southeast Asians making hiring decisions in their current roles, the majority of respondents across all surveyed countries rated their own eagerness to implement a compressed 4-day work week at their workplace very highly. A compressed 4-day work week would mean that employees are working the same amount of hours within a shorter work week.

In Germany, five percent of primary care physicians worked less than 35 hours during a typical work week and 78 percent reported that they worked 45 or more hours per week, including hours worked at home and on call. This statistic shows the distribution of primary care physicians by the number of weekly work hours in select countries worldwide in 2019.