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Average Weekly Hours Worked 2014 — data table

Average Weekly Hours Worked 2014

Report year 2014Data year 2014

Average weekly hours actually worked per employed personNeither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by International Labour Organization (ILO)

21 reference years (2005–2025), covering 182 to 187 countries, an ILO modelled estimate read from ILOSTAT directly (HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB), with the female and male figures stored beside the headline. Hours ACTUALLY worked, not contracted hours. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER, and the ambiguity is real rather than diplomatic: a low figure is a short working week where hours are chosen and underemployment where they are not, and the number alone cannot say which. ⚠ Because it counts hours actually worked, leave, sickness and short time pull it below the contractual week everywhere — it is not a measure of the legal maximum. Read beside output per hour. ⚠ Some recent values are flagged "Model-based extrapolation"; the status is stored per row. The ILO ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION is a SIZE ORDER derived here and labelled as ours.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked 2014 — International Labour Organization (ILO)

Cite as: International Labour Organization. ILO modelled estimates. Geneva: ILOSTAT.

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Hours ACTUALLY worked per week by the average employed person, not contracted hours — published by the ILO in its modelled estimates and read from ILOSTAT directly (HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB). ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER. A low figure is a short working week where hours are chosen and underemployment where they are not, and the number alone does not say which. ⚠ It counts hours actually worked, so leave, sickness and short time pull it below the contractual week everywhere. Read beside output per hour. The ILO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.

187 rows × 6 columns · imported from the publisher’s published data file on 2026-09-10

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Average Weekly Hours Worked 2014 — 187 rows. Column headings sort the table.
ISO Code	Country	Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person	Women (hours)	Men (hours)	ILO observation status
ARE	United Arab Emirates	52	53	52	—
BTN	Bhutan	50	49	51	—
MNG	Mongolia	50	47	53	—
MMR	Myanmar	50	49	51	—
QAT	Qatar	50	52	50	Real value
SDN	Sudan	49	43	51	—
IND	India	49	42	51	—
COG	Republic of the Congo	49	48	49	—
LSO	Lesotho	49	47	50	—
MDV	Maldives	49	37	53	—
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	48	48	47	—
JOR	Jordan	47	45	48	—
PAK	Pakistan	47	35	50	Real value
LBN	Lebanon	47	39	50	—
MAC	Macau	47	47	47	Real value
KWT	Kuwait	47	43	48	—
CHN	China	47	46	48	Real value
SWZ	Eswatini	46	44	49	—
MYS	Malaysia	46	45	47	Real value
LBR	Liberia	46	45	47	—
KHM	Cambodia	46	45	46	—
EGY	Egypt	46	39	48	—
BRN	Brunei	46	45	46	Real value
BGD	Bangladesh	46	41	48	—
BWA	Botswana	46	44	48	—
TUN	Tunisia	46	43	47	—
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	46	42	48	—
CPV	Cabo Verde	45	43	47	—
OMN	Oman	45	40	46	—
TUR	Türkiye	45	39	48	Real value
BFA	Burkina Faso	45	42	48	—
NAM	Namibia	45	43	47	Real value
MAR	Morocco	45	35	48	—
SUR	Suriname	45	41	47	—
LBY	Libya	45	41	47	—
IRN	Iran	44	33	46	Real value
SGP	Singapore	44	42	46	Real value
WSM	Samoa	44	43	45	—
HKG	Hong Kong	44	43	45	Real value
THA	Thailand	44	43	44	Real value
KOR	South Korea	43	40	46	Real value
MLI	Mali	43	36	48	Real value
BOL	Bolivia	43	39	45	—
SLE	Sierra Leone	43	42	44	Real value
LKA	Sri Lanka	43	38	45	Real value
PRY	Paraguay	43	39	45	Real value
COL	Colombia	43	37	46	Real value
BLZ	Belize	43	39	45	—
COM	Comoros	43	41	44	Real value
ZAF	South Africa	42	40	44	Real value
JAM	Jamaica	42	41	43	Real value
DZA	Algeria	42	32	44	Real value
MNE	Montenegro	42	41	43	Real value
MEX	Mexico	42	37	45	Real value
SLV	El Salvador	42	41	43	Real value
NGA	Nigeria	42	40	44	—
LAO	Laos	42	42	42	—
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	42	39	45	—
GAB	Gabon	42	38	44	—
PRK	North Korea	42	39	44	—
BHR	Bahrain	41	37	43	—
CMR	Cameroon	41	39	44	—
TKM	Turkmenistan	41	38	44	—
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	40	42	Real value
CUB	Cuba	41	37	44	—
BEN	Benin	41	39	43	—
CRI	Costa Rica	41	34	45	Real value
HTI	Haiti	41	40	41	—
GUY	Guyana	41	37	43	—
LCA	Saint Lucia	41	40	41	—
GTM	Guatemala	40	35	43	—
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	40	37	43	—
DOM	Dominican Republic	40	37	43	—
VNM	Vietnam	40	39	42	Real value
PHL	Philippines	40	41	40	Real value
BDI	Burundi	40	39	41	Real value
MKD	North Macedonia	40	39	41	Real value
AGO	Angola	40	38	42	—
TJK	Tajikistan	40	34	43	—
YEM	Yemen	40	32	41	Real value
UKR	Ukraine	40	37	43	—
NPL	Nepal	40	34	42	—
UZB	Uzbekistan	40	35	42	—
TWN	Taiwan	39	36	42	—
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39	35	42	—
VEN	Venezuela	39	37	41	—
GIN	Guinea	39	37	42	—
KEN	Kenya	39	35	43	—
NER	Niger	39	34	43	—
PNG	Papua New Guinea	39	37	42	—
CAF	Central African Republic	39	36	42	—
GRC	Greece	39	36	41	Real value
ERI	Eritrea	39	36	42	—
PAN	Panama	39	36	41	Real value
BGR	Bulgaria	39	38	40	Real value
SAU	Saudi Arabia	39	36	39	—
ARM	Armenia	39	35	42	Real value
MRT	Mauritania	39	37	40	—
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	39	37	40	—
KAZ	Kazakhstan	39	37	40	—
BRA	Brazil	39	35	41	Real value
IDN	Indonesia	38	36	40	Real value
GUM	Guam	38	35	41	—
CHL	Chile	38	34	41	Real value
ECU	Ecuador	38	32	42	Real value
ROU	Romania	38	37	39	Real value
PER	Peru	38	34	41	—
RUS	Russia	38	37	40	Real value
HND	Honduras	38	36	39	Real value
ZMB	Zambia	38	34	41	—
ALB	Albania	37	35	40	Real value
TZA	Tanzania	37	34	40	Real value
TGO	Togo	37	34	40	—
BRB	Barbados	37	35	39	—
MDA	Moldova	37	36	39	Real value
PSE	Palestine	37	28	39	—
POL	Poland	37	34	40	Real value
AFG	Afghanistan	37	24	40	Real value
ARG	Argentina	37	31	41	Real value
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	37	34	40	—
HUN	Hungary	37	36	38	Real value
GMB	Gambia	37	31	42	—
ZWE	Zimbabwe	37	33	41	—
USA	United States	37	34	39	Real value
SRB	Serbia	37	34	38	Real value
SVK	Slovakia	37	34	38	Real value
LVA	Latvia	36	35	38	Real value
SEN	Senegal	36	29	41	—
SSD	South Sudan	36	34	39	—
HRV	Croatia	36	35	38	Real value
BHS	Bahamas	36	35	37	—
CZE	Czechia	36	33	38	Real value
MUS	Mauritius	36	32	38	Real value
NIC	Nicaragua	36	30	40	—
PYF	French Polynesia	36	33	38	—
PRI	Puerto Rico	36	35	37	—
URY	Uruguay	36	32	39	—
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	36	33	38	Real value
ISR	Israel	36	31	40	Real value
GEO	Georgia	35	32	39	—
EST	Estonia	35	34	36	Real value
BLR	Belarus	35	32	38	—
LTU	Lithuania	35	33	37	Real value
COD	DR Congo	35	34	36	—
MLT	Malta	35	31	38	Real value
FJI	Fiji	35	33	36	—
NCL	New Caledonia	35	33	37	—
CYP	Cyprus	35	33	37	Real value
TON	Tonga	35	34	35	—
PRT	Portugal	35	33	36	Real value
AZE	Azerbaijan	35	33	36	—
ISL	Iceland	35	30	39	Real value
SLB	Solomon Islands	35	34	35	—
CHE	Switzerland	34	28	39	Real value
ESP	Spain	34	31	37	Real value
SVN	Slovenia	34	32	36	Real value
NZL	New Zealand	34	31	36	—
LUX	Luxembourg	34	30	37	Real value
IRQ	Iraq	34	21	36	—
SYR	Syria	33	24	35	—
GHA	Ghana	33	31	35	—
JPN	Japan	33	30	36	—
ITA	Italy	33	29	36	Real value
MDG	Madagascar	33	31	35	—
BEL	Belgium	33	29	37	Real value
IRL	Ireland	32	27	37	Real value
CAN	Canada	32	28	35	Real value
AUS	Australia	32	29	35	—
RWA	Rwanda	32	30	34	—
AUT	Austria	31	26	36	Real value
FRA	France	31	28	34	—
GBR	United Kingdom	31	26	36	Real value
DEU	Germany	31	26	35	Real value
DJI	Djibouti	31	28	32	—
TLS	Timor-Leste	31	27	33	—
TCD	Chad	30	26	33	—
MWI	Malawi	30	27	34	—
FIN	Finland	30	28	33	Real value
SOM	Somalia	30	28	31	—
ETH	Ethiopia	30	25	34	—
DNK	Denmark	30	27	33	Real value
SWE	Sweden	30	27	32	Real value
MOZ	Mozambique	29	25	33	—
NOR	Norway	28	25	31	Real value
VUT	Vanuatu	28	27	29	—
NLD	Netherlands	27	22	32	Real value
UGA	Uganda	27	25	30	Real value

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