Data for 2015

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2015

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2015
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2015 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 51.94; Netherlands is lowest, at 27.13. The middle country reads 39.11. Against 2014, 182 values changed (84 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2015

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

51.94

LowestNetherlands

27.13

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

187countries
3measures per country
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.94	53.31	51.61	—
2	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.37	49.32	51.04	—
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.32	47.03	53.11	—
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.18	48.61	51.22	Real value
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.00	51.76	49.73	Real value
6	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.49	43.21	51.39	—
=7	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.09	41.55	51.51	—
=7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.09	47.11	50.67	—
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.80	48.41	49.18	—
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.58	36.90	52.90	—
11	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.01	48.83	47.28	—
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.35	44.94	47.79	—
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.93	39.25	49.77	—
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.79	42.94	48.18	—
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.77	34.38	50.26	Real value
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.58	44.06	48.78	—
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	46.25	44.80	47.58	—
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.24	45.24	47.06	—
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.16	40.01	48.76	—
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.13	39.99	47.76	Real value
21	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.00	46.00	46.00	Real value
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45.92	45.41	46.26	—
23	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.78	45.22	46.30	—
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.58	43.29	47.40	—
25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.41	43.28	47.04	—
26	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.40	43.70	46.40	Real value
27	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.39	42.05	47.60	—
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.24	42.30	47.93	—
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.22	42.41	46.19	—
30	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.14	33.00	47.33	Real value
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.08	42.97	46.98	—
=32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.82	40.78	46.66	—
=32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.82	40.10	45.47	—
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.77	34.76	48.17	—
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.59	38.83	47.06	Real value
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.20	41.43	46.20	Real value
37	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.09	42.97	44.72	—
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	44.00	43.49	44.50	Real value
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	43.27	39.90	45.70	Real value
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.00	42.79	43.17	Real value
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.98	40.82	44.88	—
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.93	41.88	43.83	Real value
43	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.83	38.96	45.61	—
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.68	33.08	44.57	—
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.64	39.92	44.81	Real value
46	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.59	41.17	44.02	—
47	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.58	36.61	47.09	Real value
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	42.50	40.91	43.76	—
49	Colombia`COL`South America	42.43	37.37	45.94	Real value
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	42.42	38.13	45.05	—
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.35	37.09	45.53	Real value
52	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.27	41.68	42.69	Real value
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.25	38.68	44.28	—
54	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.01	38.65	44.90	—
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.92	38.48	43.83	—
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.90	38.79	43.99	Real value
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.73	41.55	41.89	—
58	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.72	39.70	42.94	—
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.51	38.79	44.08	—
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.31	34.95	45.50	Real value
61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.27	36.26	43.78	Real value
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.26	38.56	43.58	—
63	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.21	36.92	42.35	—
64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.20	35.96	43.66	—
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.15	38.35	43.72	—
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.01	37.16	43.61	—
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.97	39.04	42.87	—
68	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.78	40.34	41.15	—
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.68	39.01	41.78	Real value
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.64	37.24	42.73	—
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.59	39.85	41.19	—
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.52	39.16	41.84	Real value
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.50	40.78	40.32	Real value
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.34	39.55	40.88	Real value
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.33	35.52	43.93	—
76	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.31	39.31	41.40	—
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.24	37.98	42.42	—
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.22	34.06	43.12	—
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.13	36.47	42.37	Real value
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.85	34.64	42.67	—
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.72	37.08	42.14	—
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.67	35.02	42.19	—
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.59	35.40	42.47	—
84	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.44	36.47	41.73	—
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.39	36.31	41.67	Real value
=86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.31	36.36	41.68	—
=86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.31	34.92	43.43	—
88	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.30	33.74	43.25	—
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.27	36.61	40.92	Real value
90	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.20	36.37	41.63	—
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.17	36.09	42.14	—
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.15	36.82	40.68	—
93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.13	38.25	39.91	Real value
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.11	36.82	40.91	Real value
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.08	36.69	40.61	Real value
=96	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.85	35.97	41.45	—
=96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.85	35.54	39.21	—
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.73	36.62	39.75	—
99	Peru`PER`South America	38.60	34.52	41.92	—
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.53	36.55	39.96	—
101	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	38.41	35.29	40.92	—
102	Chile`CHL`South America	38.34	34.29	41.11	Real value
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.22	32.01	42.28	—
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.08	35.06	40.23	Real value
105	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.03	36.54	39.43	Real value
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.00	36.46	39.50	Real value
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.98	34.28	40.99	—
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.92	36.70	38.87	Real value
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.88	35.19	39.95	Real value
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.87	35.86	38.95	Real value
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.74	31.63	43.12	—
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.63	34.29	40.80	—
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.38	33.95	40.56	—
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.35	22.92	40.90	—
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.28	28.20	39.24	Real value
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.23	34.14	39.76	Real value
117	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.86	35.53	38.04	Real value
118	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.81	34.78	38.86	—
119	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	36.79	33.81	39.71	—
120	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.75	30.64	40.90	—
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.66	32.93	40.40	—
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.62	35.32	38.16	Real value
123	United States`USA`Northern America	36.59	33.69	38.97	Real value
124	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.53	33.70	39.27	—
125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.32	28.48	41.08	Real value
126	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.29	35.06	37.48	—
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.14	34.16	37.71	Real value
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.11	33.24	38.06	Real value
=129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.94	31.60	39.97	Real value
=129	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.94	34.89	36.81	Real value
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35.86	32.93	37.57	Real value
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35.76	33.13	37.80	Real value
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.75	29.56	39.55	—
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.69	32.74	37.93	—
=135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.67	30.88	39.89	Real value
=135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.67	33.97	37.38	Real value
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.65	33.65	37.73	Real value
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.40	31.56	38.51	—
139	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.24	32.05	38.43	—
=140	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.12	33.51	36.65	Real value
=140	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.12	30.65	37.93	Real value
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.07	34.28	35.82	—
143	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	35.06	33.31	36.55	Real value
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.99	32.13	37.91	—
145	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.98	32.56	37.02	—
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.94	33.03	36.55	Real value
147	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.89	33.17	36.52	Real value
148	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	34.77	30.22	38.87	Real value
149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.71	34.12	35.11	—
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.68	32.47	35.83	—
151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.57	34.00	35.09	—
152	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.50	28.66	39.57	Real value
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.44	33.09	35.81	—
154	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.41	30.12	37.95	Real value
155	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.22	31.80	36.24	Real value
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.14	30.59	37.04	Real value
157	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.71	30.74	36.33	—
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.42	24.40	34.97	—
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.25	31.21	35.17	Real value
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.19	28.85	36.29	Real value
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.13	20.61	35.27	—
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33.06	29.41	35.80	—
163	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.01	30.88	34.94	Real value
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.94	24.89	33.54	—
165	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.68	28.47	36.33	Real value
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.45	28.79	35.73	Real value
167	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	32.28	27.20	36.55	Real value
168	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.12	28.91	34.86	—
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.87	29.52	33.93	—
170	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.22	27.99	34.21	—
171	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31.06	26.12	35.42	Real value
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	30.92	26.16	35.04	Real value
173	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.78	25.93	35.08	Real value
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.52	27.54	31.46	—
175	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.46	27.10	33.30	—
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.31	26.69	33.66	—
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.29	25.95	33.37	—
178	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.24	27.87	32.47	Real value
179	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.22	27.93	31.16	—
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.07	25.31	33.95	—
181	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.80	26.61	32.60	Real value
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.32	26.69	31.73	Real value
183	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	29.14	26.38	31.86	—
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.61	24.81	32.82	Real value
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	28.12	24.91	31.03	Real value
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.69	26.89	28.34	—
187	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.13	21.58	31.91	Real value

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates51.94
2Bhutan50.37
3Mongolia50.32
4Myanmar50.18
5Qatar50.00

Lowest

187Netherlands27.13
186Vanuatu27.69
185Norway28.12
184Mozambique28.61
183Uganda29.14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.11. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.31
LowestIraq20.61
Middle country: 35.40
Men (hours)
HighestMongolia53.11
LowestVanuatu28.34
Middle country: 41.08

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 187 in both
84 · 98rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Serbia36.58 → 39.11+2.53
Uganda27.30 → 29.14+1.84
Gambia36.87 → 37.74+0.87
Nigeria42.12 → 42.98+0.86
Iran44.30 → 45.14+0.84

Fell most

Yemen40.03 → 32.94−7.09
Armenia38.70 → 35.94−2.76
Suriname44.75 → 42.42−2.33
Sri Lanka42.71 → 41.27−1.44
Croatia36.33 → 35.06−1.27

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 2015.
180 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 49.09. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
109 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
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