Data for 2005

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 52.94; Vanuatu is lowest, at 25.05. The middle country reads 39.32.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2005

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

52.94

LowestVanuatu

25.05

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

187countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
175distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.94	53.60	52.84	—
2	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.63	44.01	54.16	Real value
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.52	39.91	55.68	—
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.99	49.12	50.58	—
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.75	47.09	49.92	—
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.33	45.96	50.39	—
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.20	47.34	48.64	Real value
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.18	46.50	49.50	—
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.16	47.73	48.58	—
10	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.04	41.82	50.09	—
11	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.80	46.70	48.70	Real value
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.61	34.08	50.54	—
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	47.50	47.29	47.69	Real value
=14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47.48	43.77	48.75	—
=14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.48	44.86	49.30	Real value
16	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.13	39.67	49.42	—
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.93	42.27	49.50	Real value
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	46.90	45.87	47.77	Real value
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.75	32.92	49.90	Real value
20	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.74	43.60	47.17	—
21	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.72	39.57	49.57	—
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	46.58	49.71	46.03	—
23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.53	43.45	48.65	—
24	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46.37	43.71	48.65	—
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.28	45.56	46.89	—
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.01	44.90	46.67	—
27	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	45.63	44.95	46.16	—
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.61	43.41	47.31	—
29	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.39	41.65	48.21	—
30	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.35	45.01	45.54	—
31	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.28	42.42	47.55	—
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.26	35.78	47.44	—
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.13	42.69	45.95	—
34	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.05	40.62	47.03	—
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.97	42.61	45.44	—
36	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.95	41.87	47.24	—
37	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.78	36.78	49.11	—
38	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	44.67	25.55	50.81	—
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	44.38	42.10	46.00	—
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.34	40.16	46.51	—
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.30	43.37	45.21	—
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.24	33.75	47.78	—
43	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.06	43.54	44.52	—
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.90	39.00	46.46	—
45	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.86	40.91	46.58	—
46	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.68	34.25	45.24	—
47	Colombia`COL`South America	43.67	38.83	46.69	Real value
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.59	34.10	45.29	—
49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.58	39.41	46.24	Real value
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.56	40.96	45.53	—
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.51	42.58	44.42	—
52	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.16	42.14	43.88	—
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.83	38.94	44.68	—
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.80	39.70	44.66	—
55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.76	41.71	43.88	—
56	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.62	36.74	47.04	—
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.51	42.08	42.88	—
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.42	38.69	45.05	—
59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.35	39.54	44.34	—
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.19	39.11	44.73	—
=61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.12	38.08	43.12	—
=61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.12	39.51	44.62	—
63	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.94	39.96	43.27	—
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.68	40.04	42.80	—
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.54	39.17	43.75	—
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.49	40.66	42.10	—
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.33	37.24	43.89	Real value
=68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.19	39.68	42.18	—
=68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.19	37.18	43.48	—
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.16	37.73	44.09	—
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.10	36.65	43.15	—
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.98	41.47	40.67	Real value
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.96	38.77	42.97	—
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.94	37.62	42.46	—
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.75	35.01	43.70	—
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.64	37.23	42.72	Real value
77	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.48	34.62	44.58	—
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.42	36.04	43.17	—
79	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.34	37.88	42.09	—
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.12	37.82	42.39	—
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	40.08	37.10	43.21	—
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	39.96	37.82	41.97	Real value
83	Chile`CHL`South America	39.91	35.61	42.26	—
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.86	39.79	39.91	—
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.67	38.81	40.42	Real value
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.63	38.80	40.32	—
87	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.58	32.53	41.00	—
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.56	36.74	42.30	—
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.53	37.27	41.53	—
90	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.45	36.50	41.49	—
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.43	37.87	40.66	Real value
92	Peru`PER`South America	39.40	35.20	42.69	—
93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.39	36.58	41.68	—
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	39.32	36.14	41.53	—
=95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.22	35.38	41.31	Real value
=95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.22	35.66	40.88	Real value
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.20	38.00	40.48	—
98	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	39.18	35.90	41.72	—
99	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.16	36.58	41.77	—
100	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	39.09	35.82	42.33	—
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.00	36.37	40.52	—
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.94	35.41	42.31	Real value
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.78	37.42	40.46	—
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.76	35.13	39.28	—
105	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.65	36.37	40.21	—
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38.58	35.31	41.21	Real value
107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.52	33.31	42.48	—
108	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	38.50	35.35	40.89	Real value
109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.47	37.42	39.50	—
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.45	35.92	40.80	—
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.44	32.60	42.14	—
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	38.43	31.19	43.26	Real value
=113	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.41	35.58	40.99	—
=113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.41	36.62	40.02	Real value
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.39	32.72	40.51	—
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.33	34.11	42.18	—
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.27	35.76	39.39	—
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.22	34.62	39.99	Real value
119	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	38.19	36.55	39.85	Real value
=120	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38.15	33.13	40.37	—
=120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	38.15	36.14	39.74	Real value
=122	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37.89	35.58	40.01	—
=122	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.89	35.05	40.64	—
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.79	33.02	40.28	—
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.62	34.29	40.41	—
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	37.27	35.32	38.84	Real value
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.25	33.35	41.23	—
128	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.17	35.71	38.58	—
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.15	28.50	41.63	—
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.97	35.14	37.77	—
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.93	27.98	38.80	—
132	United States`USA`Northern America	36.89	33.56	39.63	Real value
133	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	36.88	33.97	39.87	—
134	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.82	35.04	38.41	—
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.70	25.10	38.63	—
136	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.65	33.48	38.81	—
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.48	31.28	40.86	—
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36.35	33.09	39.68	—
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.12	34.77	37.12	—
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	36.08	33.03	38.23	Real value
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36.03	33.83	38.15	Real value
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.95	33.55	38.04	Real value
=143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	35.89	34.89	36.92	—
=143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	35.89	33.37	37.99	Real value
145	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	35.86	28.35	42.10	Real value
146	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.77	29.46	38.93	—
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.76	35.62	35.84	—
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.70	19.75	38.54	—
149	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35.68	29.08	41.49	Real value
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.67	31.96	39.08	—
=151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.11	28.38	40.96	—
=151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	35.11	28.72	39.82	Real value
153	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.05	33.25	36.49	—
=154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.90	30.01	38.03	Real value
=154	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	34.90	31.82	37.54	—
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.80	30.70	37.53	Real value
157	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.78	32.23	36.82	—
158	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.75	33.82	35.60	—
159	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.28	30.15	37.30	—
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	34.17	30.32	36.86	—
161	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	34.06	28.52	38.66	Real value
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.02	32.73	35.34	Real value
163	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.67	31.51	35.65	—
164	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	33.53	27.89	38.19	Real value
165	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.45	29.36	37.02	Real value
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.20	28.14	36.81	Real value
=167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	33.06	29.76	35.74	—
=167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.06	29.62	36.48	—
169	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.19	27.72	35.65	Real value
170	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	32.00	29.22	34.58	Real value
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.92	28.33	35.01	—
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.62	29.60	33.38	—
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	31.40	28.27	34.33	—
174	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31.31	25.97	35.93	Real value
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.12	28.01	31.96	—
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.82	27.28	33.65	—
=177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.51	27.02	34.04	—
=177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.51	27.98	31.52	—
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.43	26.20	33.70	—
180	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	30.04	26.26	33.33	Real value
181	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.74	26.17	32.98	Real value
182	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	29.02	24.87	32.77	Real value
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.68	25.25	32.80	—
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28.43	21.91	33.91	Real value
185	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.58	20.98	32.92	Real value
186	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.59	24.27	28.85	—
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.05	23.29	26.49	—

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates52.94
2Türkiye51.63
3Maldives50.52
4Myanmar49.99
5Bhutan48.75

Lowest

187Vanuatu25.05
186Uganda26.59
185Netherlands27.58
184Ethiopia28.43
183Mozambique28.68

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.60
LowestAfghanistan19.75
Middle country: 35.82
Men (hours)
HighestMaldives55.68
LowestVanuatu26.49
Middle country: 41.68

03Caveats

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.
175 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 47.48. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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137 empty cells
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/weekly-hours/2005

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