Data for 2012

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2012

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2012
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2012 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 51.93; Netherlands is lowest, at 27.18. The middle country reads 38.98. Against 2011, 180 values changed (78 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2012

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

51.93

LowestNetherlands

27.18

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

187countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
180distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.93	53.26	51.64	—
2	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.24	48.85	51.16	—
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.10	48.95	51.02	—
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.06	46.95	52.72	—
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.00	52.64	49.60	Real value
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.87	48.49	49.23	—
7	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.84	42.17	51.01	—
8	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.78	37.00	53.42	—
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.48	41.15	50.83	—
10	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.42	46.26	50.18	—
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.77	40.49	50.74	Real value
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.43	44.80	47.93	—
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.19	39.37	49.88	—
14	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.17	47.51	46.88	—
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.84	43.06	48.30	—
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	46.40	45.11	47.11	Real value
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.30	45.25	47.15	Real value
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.26	43.71	48.44	—
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.13	44.02	47.79	—
20	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.08	33.21	49.60	—
21	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.00	45.50	46.49	Real value
22	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.88	41.21	46.56	—
23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45.85	44.97	46.43	—
24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.80	42.39	48.12	—
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.71	33.78	47.98	Real value
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.61	42.74	46.53	—
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.60	42.61	47.68	Real value
28	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.42	43.29	47.05	—
29	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.27	40.26	47.38	—
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.24	36.68	47.40	Real value
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.03	44.10	45.94	Real value
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	45.00	44.48	45.49	Real value
33	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.91	44.09	45.66	—
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.90	34.44	48.37	Real value
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.75	40.84	47.03	—
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.68	40.42	46.60	—
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.50	41.64	47.13	—
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.24	44.02	44.42	—
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44.17	40.76	46.56	Real value
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.07	43.04	44.66	—
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.21	41.18	44.74	Real value
42	Colombia`COL`South America	43.18	37.76	46.89	Real value
43	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42.95	36.93	46.96	Real value
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.93	42.16	43.57	Real value
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.76	40.17	44.81	Real value
46	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.69	41.62	43.79	—
47	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.59	38.71	44.69	—
48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.55	42.30	42.76	—
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.49	32.06	44.41	—
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.48	40.49	44.03	Real value
51	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.40	40.43	43.58	—
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.34	36.85	46.37	—
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.21	37.10	45.31	Real value
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.00	38.61	43.91	—
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.95	38.03	44.75	—
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.79	39.19	44.26	—
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.77	40.60	42.91	Real value
58	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.74	38.35	44.64	—
59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.62	36.95	43.78	—
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.52	37.29	42.58	—
=61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.35	38.68	43.66	—
=61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.35	37.33	44.19	Real value
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.28	40.52	41.82	Real value
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.21	39.83	42.13	Real value
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.17	37.31	43.68	—
66	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.11	38.38	43.62	—
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.02	37.03	43.40	—
68	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	40.89	38.58	42.92	—
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.84	38.76	42.87	—
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.77	37.26	42.72	—
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.71	39.93	41.37	—
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.65	41.12	40.35	Real value
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.52	38.38	42.29	—
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.50	39.96	40.94	Real value
=75	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.06	39.01	41.20	—
=75	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.06	34.10	43.26	—
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.00	37.51	42.35	—
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.93	33.79	43.23	—
=79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.91	36.87	41.90	Real value
=79	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.91	31.90	40.69	—
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.88	38.57	40.77	Real value
82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.62	36.52	42.73	—
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.59	35.33	42.43	—
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.56	36.69	41.56	Real value
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.50	37.26	41.33	Real value
86	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.49	36.53	41.73	—
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.37	36.99	40.78	Real value
88	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.35	34.79	41.83	—
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.30	36.51	41.74	—
90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.28	33.93	41.88	—
91	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.24	36.49	41.61	—
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.16	35.05	43.02	—
93	Chile`CHL`South America	38.99	34.79	41.75	Real value
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38.98	37.99	39.86	Real value
95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.90	33.22	42.98	—
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.87	29.75	40.46	—
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.85	35.42	39.24	—
98	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.83	35.98	41.42	—
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.65	35.70	40.47	Real value
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.61	36.49	40.14	—
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.60	36.29	39.68	—
=102	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.59	35.20	40.94	Real value
=102	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.59	35.03	40.30	Real value
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.54	36.08	40.81	—
105	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	38.46	35.35	40.93	—
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.42	37.01	39.53	Real value
107	Peru`PER`South America	38.41	34.38	41.74	—
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.27	32.22	42.09	—
109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.11	36.78	39.38	Real value
110	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.00	36.98	38.98	Real value
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	37.78	36.52	39.31	Real value
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.75	31.21	42.11	Real value
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.64	34.05	40.54	—
114	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	37.54	34.50	40.55	—
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.47	34.09	40.48	Real value
116	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37.41	35.29	39.44	—
117	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.32	33.93	39.14	Real value
=118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.21	34.23	39.63	Real value
=118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.21	33.93	40.23	—
120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.06	35.34	38.42	Real value
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.04	33.15	40.65	Real value
122	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.95	35.65	38.04	Real value
123	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.94	35.50	38.25	Real value
124	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.93	27.97	38.90	—
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.78	32.87	40.67	—
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.72	28.64	41.39	—
127	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.62	33.90	39.30	—
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36.57	33.77	38.70	Real value
129	United States`USA`Northern America	36.39	33.48	38.81	Real value
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.28	22.57	39.06	—
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36.13	34.66	37.64	Real value
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.09	31.07	40.44	Real value
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.00	34.84	37.12	—
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.88	34.44	37.04	Real value
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.82	32.86	38.05	—
136	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.71	34.02	37.36	Real value
=137	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.70	32.41	38.90	—
=137	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.70	34.56	36.62	—
139	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35.68	33.58	36.85	—
140	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.65	29.44	39.27	Real value
141	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.63	31.17	38.21	Real value
142	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.62	32.69	38.61	—
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.52	33.50	37.68	Real value
144	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.43	31.34	38.69	—
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.21	34.19	36.16	Real value
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.04	28.22	40.87	—
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	35.02	33.78	36.29	—
148	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.01	34.56	35.31	—
=149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.99	32.82	36.53	Real value
=149	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.99	32.47	37.10	—
151	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.97	28.51	40.45	Real value
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.63	33.98	35.24	—
153	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.51	32.68	36.20	Real value
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.36	22.25	36.34	—
155	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.14	32.12	35.84	Real value
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.90	30.60	36.63	Real value
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.69	29.35	37.66	Real value
158	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33.56	29.75	36.32	—
159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.55	31.30	35.55	—
160	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.44	28.77	37.10	Real value
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.35	30.40	35.98	—
162	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.27	28.91	36.34	Real value
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33.00	31.14	34.70	Real value
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.82	29.01	36.23	Real value
165	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.66	28.22	36.36	Real value
166	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.35	29.18	35.00	—
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.16	29.51	34.66	Real value
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.09	28.66	35.41	Real value
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.94	29.64	33.94	—
170	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	31.93	26.65	36.55	Real value
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.82	26.71	36.31	Real value
172	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.47	28.10	34.53	—
173	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	31.44	26.41	35.75	Real value
174	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.90	25.82	35.38	Real value
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.69	27.67	31.60	—
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.57	27.13	33.40	—
177	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.39	27.69	32.91	Real value
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.33	27.99	31.27	—
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.32	25.97	33.49	—
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.30	26.70	33.70	—
181	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.91	27.04	32.51	Real value
182	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.88	26.69	32.75	Real value
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.82	24.40	34.37	—
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.58	24.91	32.80	—
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	28.22	24.45	31.66	Real value
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.68	26.02	28.99	—
187	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.18	21.45	32.14	Real value

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates51.93
2Myanmar50.24
3Bhutan50.10
4Mongolia50.06
5Qatar50.00

Lowest

187Netherlands27.18
186Vanuatu27.68
185Norway28.22
184Mozambique28.58
183Ethiopia29.82

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.26
LowestNetherlands21.45
Middle country: 35.42
Men (hours)
HighestMaldives53.42
LowestVanuatu28.99
Middle country: 41.20

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 187 in both
78 · 102rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Uganda25.61 → 33.00+7.39
Albania35.63 → 39.50+3.87
Montenegro40.58 → 42.93+2.35
Sri Lanka40.60 → 41.62+1.02
Kazakhstan37.00 → 38.00+1.00

Fell most

Syria44.65 → 38.87−5.78
Paraguay44.87 → 41.35−3.52
Mauritius39.41 → 37.32−2.09
Namibia39.09 → 37.47−1.62
Panama40.87 → 39.37−1.50

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 2012.
180 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 41.35. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
108 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Real value.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/weekly-hours/2012

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