Data for 2013

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2013

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2013
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2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2013 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 51.90; Netherlands is lowest, at 26.96. The middle country reads 39.06. Against 2012, 182 values changed (73 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2013

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

51.90

LowestNetherlands

26.96

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

187countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
177distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.90	53.27	51.59	—
=2	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.33	49.20	51.08	—
=2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.33	47.05	53.11	—
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.20	48.75	51.16	—
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.00	50.86	49.87	Real value
6	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.03	42.48	51.11	—
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.81	48.42	49.18	—
8	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.69	36.95	53.21	—
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.61	46.52	50.31	—
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.58	41.23	50.94	—
11	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.48	48.00	47.03	—
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.46	44.91	47.91	—
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.11	39.32	49.85	—
14	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	47.00	46.49	47.50	Real value
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.73	42.89	48.19	—
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.65	45.55	47.55	Real value
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.55	39.55	49.48	Real value
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.33	43.82	48.48	—
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.94	43.76	47.66	—
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.90	44.69	46.59	Real value
21	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.82	42.40	48.13	—
=22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45.79	44.98	46.34	—
=22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45.79	32.64	49.41	Real value
24	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.60	42.69	46.55	—
25	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.50	40.77	46.15	—
26	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.42	43.29	47.05	—
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.40	37.87	47.37	Real value
28	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.36	42.56	46.51	Real value
29	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	45.32	44.26	46.27	—
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.30	42.42	47.30	Real value
31	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.28	33.45	47.25	Real value
32	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.10	44.19	45.95	—
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.86	34.58	48.37	—
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.80	40.92	47.11	—
35	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.58	40.36	46.49	—
36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.47	41.64	47.07	—
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.11	43.74	44.41	Real value
38	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.05	43.04	44.64	—
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	44.00	43.49	44.48	Real value
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.35	42.81	43.81	Real value
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.24	40.09	45.43	Real value
42	Colombia`COL`South America	42.85	37.33	46.64	Real value
43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.69	41.54	43.87	—
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42.67	39.38	45.00	Real value
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	42.61	40.85	43.92	Real value
46	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.58	38.70	44.70	—
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.50	40.00	44.54	Real value
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.48	40.50	43.65	—
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.44	37.03	46.42	Real value
50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.28	42.05	42.48	—
=51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.25	31.82	44.21	—
=51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.25	37.74	44.48	Real value
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.24	37.17	45.33	Real value
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.93	38.48	43.86	—
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.91	38.01	44.71	—
56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.82	38.44	44.72	—
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.71	40.50	42.60	Real value
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.67	39.05	44.16	—
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.41	37.12	42.50	—
60	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.27	38.62	43.59	—
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.23	41.61	40.98	Real value
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.19	39.91	42.07	Real value
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.17	34.63	45.59	Real value
64	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.16	38.78	43.27	—
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.12	38.33	43.69	—
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.95	37.08	43.50	—
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.94	39.63	42.21	Real value
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.93	38.18	43.09	Real value
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.76	38.65	42.83	—
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.73	37.24	42.72	—
71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.72	39.19	41.89	Real value
72	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.66	39.92	41.26	—
73	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.63	40.12	41.05	—
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.53	38.36	42.25	Real value
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.45	36.53	42.76	—
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.33	39.45	40.94	Real value
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.28	34.83	43.01	—
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.16	39.14	41.28	—
79	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.10	34.07	43.21	—
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.09	37.69	42.37	—
81	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.97	31.74	40.67	—
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.68	36.87	41.51	—
83	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.56	36.42	42.67	—
=84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.55	36.54	41.64	Real value
=84	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.55	36.46	41.44	Real value
=84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.55	35.27	42.42	—
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.46	34.15	42.14	—
88	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.45	36.48	41.73	—
89	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.42	34.86	41.90	—
=90	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.20	36.39	41.59	—
=90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.20	35.00	43.14	—
92	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.17	36.41	41.54	—
93	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.08	36.25	41.63	—
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.06	33.44	43.09	—
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	39.00	37.99	39.99	Real value
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.97	36.51	41.25	—
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38.89	38.11	39.59	Real value
98	Chile`CHL`South America	38.87	34.87	41.56	Real value
99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.82	35.45	39.18	—
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.70	36.58	40.24	—
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.67	35.44	40.92	Real value
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.65	36.41	39.71	—
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.41	32.25	42.32	—
=104	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	38.38	35.25	40.88	—
=104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.38	37.06	39.40	Real value
106	Peru`PER`South America	38.36	34.33	41.69	—
107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.08	36.62	39.48	Real value
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.94	33.01	42.40	Real value
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.76	34.14	40.69	—
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.48	31.01	41.79	Real value
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	37.47	35.90	39.37	Real value
112	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37.36	35.28	39.41	—
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.27	33.94	40.34	—
114	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	37.21	34.19	40.18	—
=115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.14	32.40	41.64	Real value
=115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.14	28.15	39.04	—
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.12	34.65	38.64	Real value
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.98	33.99	39.41	Real value
119	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.97	35.26	38.34	Real value
120	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.94	35.52	38.22	Real value
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.76	35.36	37.49	Real value
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.75	32.91	40.59	—
=123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.68	35.47	37.72	Real value
=123	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.68	33.93	39.37	—
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.67	23.26	39.57	—
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.61	28.63	41.31	—
127	United States`USA`Northern America	36.58	33.73	38.95	Real value
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	36.46	32.96	38.43	Real value
129	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36.24	34.75	37.76	Real value
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35.91	33.09	38.07	Real value
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.88	29.34	41.55	—
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.84	30.91	40.13	Real value
133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.83	33.48	37.38	Real value
=134	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.76	34.60	36.89	—
=134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.76	32.78	38.00	—
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.71	34.62	36.60	—
137	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.65	29.53	39.33	—
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.61	32.34	38.92	—
139	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.57	31.44	38.79	—
140	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.53	30.82	38.41	Real value
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.42	32.51	38.39	—
142	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35.37	33.16	36.58	—
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.30	33.24	37.44	Real value
144	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.28	33.89	36.62	Real value
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.17	34.22	36.06	—
146	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.01	32.51	37.11	—
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.89	34.37	35.23	—
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.88	33.49	36.30	—
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.84	33.33	36.07	Real value
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.81	28.50	40.20	Real value
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.74	31.44	37.91	—
152	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.63	32.90	36.24	Real value
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.60	33.99	35.16	Real value
154	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.50	32.44	36.21	Real value
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.17	25.17	35.74	—
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.96	21.64	35.99	—
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.85	30.24	36.84	Real value
158	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.77	30.72	36.49	—
159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.62	31.39	35.61	—
160	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33.57	28.90	37.83	Real value
161	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33.35	29.64	36.09	—
162	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.17	28.90	36.23	Real value
163	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.92	28.58	36.32	Real value
164	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.80	28.33	36.58	Real value
165	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.62	28.90	35.97	Real value
166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.55	30.11	34.84	—
167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.31	29.17	34.96	—
168	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	32.19	27.04	36.60	Real value
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.92	29.62	33.94	—
170	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.41	28.11	34.42	—
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.40	26.46	35.74	Real value
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	31.06	26.17	35.29	Real value
173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.63	27.62	31.55	—
174	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.58	25.73	34.89	Real value
175	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.53	27.11	33.36	—
176	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.44	28.03	32.79	—
177	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.41	27.82	32.86	Real value
178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.31	25.95	33.45	—
179	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.29	27.97	31.23	—
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.28	26.67	33.66	Real value
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.02	24.76	34.45	Real value
182	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.95	26.74	32.84	Real value
183	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.66	26.93	32.13	Real value
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.59	24.87	32.80	—
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.90	24.59	30.91	Real value
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.66	26.30	28.74	—
187	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.96	21.44	31.77	Real value

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates51.90
2Bhutanshared50.33
2Mongoliashared50.33
4Myanmar50.20
5Qatar50.00

Lowest

187Netherlands26.96
186Vanuatu27.66
185Norway27.90
184Mozambique28.59
183Sweden29.66

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.27
LowestNetherlands21.44
Middle country: 35.36
Men (hours)
HighestMaldives53.21
LowestVanuatu28.74
Middle country: 41.51

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 187 in both
73 · 109rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania32.09 → 34.74+2.65
Paraguay41.35 → 43.24+1.89
Albania39.50 → 40.93+1.43
Kazakhstan38.00 → 39.00+1.00
Macau46.00 → 47.00+1.00

Fell most

Syria38.87 → 34.17−4.70
Uganda33.00 → 30.44−2.56
Honduras38.59 → 36.76−1.83
Costa Rica42.95 → 41.17−1.78
Serbia42.48 → 40.72−1.76

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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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 2013.
177 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 39.55. 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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