Data for 2016

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2016

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2016 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 51.91; Netherlands is lowest, at 27.46. The middle country reads 39.23. Against 2015, 181 values changed (101 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2016

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

51.91

LowestNetherlands

27.46

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

187countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.91	53.31	51.56	—
2	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.63	49.54	51.34	—
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.00	51.76	49.73	Real value
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.93	46.86	52.56	—
5	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.81	43.59	51.65	—
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.35	47.45	50.85	—
7	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.22	47.68	50.22	—
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.06	41.49	51.51	—
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.63	48.23	49.00	—
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.51	36.88	52.74	Real value
11	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.29	49.25	47.41	—
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.29	44.92	47.76	—
13	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.88	39.26	49.81	—
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.80	44.25	49.03	—
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.79	42.91	48.11	—
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.73	34.24	50.23	—
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	46.72	45.11	48.20	—
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.59	38.79	49.91	—
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.11	42.84	48.27	—
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.10	45.22	46.82	Real value
21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.06	45.83	46.22	—
22	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.00	46.00	46.00	Real value
23	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.65	45.13	46.13	—
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.61	42.55	48.41	—
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.50	43.92	46.42	Real value
26	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.43	43.31	47.06	—
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.40	43.03	47.30	—
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.37	43.42	47.09	Real value
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.99	39.99	45.66	—
30	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.92	42.17	45.88	—
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.68	34.74	47.91	—
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.58	40.63	46.38	—
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.37	41.79	46.24	—
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.18	42.96	44.87	—
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.93	38.59	46.25	Real value
36	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.73	41.69	45.53	—
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.35	31.65	45.70	Real value
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.26	37.38	44.88	Real value
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.18	34.33	44.82	—
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.12	36.96	47.64	Real value
41	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	43.00	42.50	43.49	Real value
=42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.90	39.03	45.69	—
=42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	42.90	41.39	44.08	Real value
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.76	42.20	43.23	Real value
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.71	42.56	42.83	Real value
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.70	37.46	45.90	Real value
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42.65	39.20	45.15	Real value
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.60	39.83	44.80	Real value
49	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.48	40.72	44.23	—
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42.40	36.53	46.05	Real value
51	Colombia`COL`South America	42.38	37.28	45.92	Real value
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.32	38.92	44.27	—
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.30	37.17	44.87	Real value
54	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.17	41.36	42.75	Real value
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.11	38.76	45.00	—
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.99	38.58	43.88	—
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.85	40.17	42.93	Real value
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.83	41.98	41.73	Real value
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.53	38.75	44.14	—
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.46	41.29	41.61	—
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.45	38.71	43.78	—
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.41	38.31	43.46	Real value
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.40	36.11	43.99	—
64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.27	36.94	42.38	—
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.26	38.49	43.80	—
66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.06	39.23	42.87	—
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.05	37.19	43.67	—
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.01	39.57	42.41	Real value
69	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.88	38.83	42.18	—
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.83	40.43	41.17	—
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.62	37.26	42.76	—
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.57	35.91	43.51	—
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.54	39.82	41.14	—
74	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.38	35.70	42.92	—
75	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.35	39.36	41.43	—
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.34	39.02	41.23	Real value
=77	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.29	34.27	44.69	Real value
=77	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.29	34.08	43.10	Real value
79	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.28	38.08	42.43	—
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.13	36.68	42.26	Real value
81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.06	34.87	42.95	—
82	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.89	37.19	42.37	—
83	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.64	36.69	42.49	—
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.61	35.48	42.48	—
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.60	37.58	41.25	Real value
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.59	36.50	41.99	—
87	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.47	36.17	41.90	Real value
88	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.43	36.48	41.71	—
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.37	33.80	43.30	—
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.36	34.88	43.57	Real value
91	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.29	36.44	41.74	—
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.28	37.27	40.77	—
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.27	37.12	40.44	Real value
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.23	36.55	40.92	Real value
95	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.17	38.35	39.88	Real value
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.02	36.80	40.81	Real value
97	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.98	36.08	41.61	—
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.90	31.06	43.92	Real value
=99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.85	35.55	39.22	—
=99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.85	36.78	40.22	Real value
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.74	36.70	39.74	—
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.70	32.78	43.96	—
103	Peru`PER`South America	38.52	34.52	41.82	—
104	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	38.47	35.36	40.96	—
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.30	37.14	39.20	Real value
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.17	35.51	39.88	Real value
=107	Chile`CHL`South America	38.03	34.03	40.80	Real value
=107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	38.03	34.36	41.02	—
=109	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.99	35.22	39.96	Real value
=109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.99	36.46	39.47	—
=109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.99	28.92	39.80	Real value
112	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	37.96	36.52	39.31	Real value
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.84	34.34	41.17	—
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.68	31.60	41.88	—
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.65	22.01	41.74	—
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	37.58	36.25	38.74	Real value
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.39	33.90	40.64	—
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.30	34.24	39.81	Real value
119	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.82	33.95	39.60	—
120	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	36.76	33.79	39.69	—
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.70	34.15	38.36	Real value
122	United States`USA`Northern America	36.68	33.85	39.01	Real value
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.62	32.94	40.33	—
124	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.41	34.31	38.48	—
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.39	30.55	40.38	—
126	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.34	35.32	37.22	—
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	36.33	33.28	38.08	Real value
128	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.26	31.50	40.47	Real value
129	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.24	34.92	37.50	—
=130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36.19	33.63	38.19	Real value
=130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.19	34.81	37.80	Real value
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36.15	32.00	38.82	Real value
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.09	34.17	37.65	Real value
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36.05	34.19	38.01	Real value
135	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.86	29.71	39.69	—
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.73	31.55	39.69	Real value
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.68	33.96	37.46	Real value
138	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.64	32.70	37.89	—
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.35	33.58	36.81	Real value
140	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.29	32.11	38.56	—
141	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.11	33.46	36.68	Real value
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.06	34.35	35.73	—
143	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.85	32.56	36.79	—
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.74	31.96	37.58	Real value
145	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	34.70	30.14	38.72	Real value
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.69	28.95	39.69	Real value
147	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.63	32.62	36.33	Real value
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.61	34.06	35.12	—
149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.60	33.95	35.05	—
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.56	33.25	35.90	—
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.43	32.26	35.51	—
152	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.33	30.12	37.82	Real value
153	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.32	32.51	36.03	Real value
154	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.30	30.51	37.37	—
155	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.24	31.89	36.27	Real value
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.98	30.67	36.70	Real value
157	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.73	30.72	36.39	—
158	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.71	29.25	36.91	Real value
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.33	31.29	35.26	—
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.96	29.36	35.70	—
161	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.93	28.76	36.50	Real value
162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.90	30.74	34.86	—
163	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.87	20.28	35.11	—
164	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	32.72	27.77	36.92	Real value
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.53	23.50	34.10	—
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.39	28.84	35.58	Real value
167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.94	28.80	34.66	—
168	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.85	29.48	33.94	—
=169	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.20	27.98	34.19	Real value
=169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	31.20	26.45	35.32	Real value
171	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.99	28.14	33.76	—
172	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.97	26.07	35.31	Real value
=173	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.77	28.34	33.02	Real value
=173	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.77	26.04	34.97	Real value
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.51	22.48	31.09	—
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.48	27.50	31.43	—
177	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.36	26.77	33.27	Real value
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.32	26.70	33.66	—
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.26	25.94	33.30	—
180	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.18	27.92	31.10	—
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.09	25.61	33.70	—
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.97	27.20	32.49	Real value
183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.46	26.25	32.31	Real value
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29.16	25.44	33.25	—
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	28.16	25.09	30.96	Real value
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.75	27.20	28.20	—
187	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.46	22.02	32.17	Real value

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates51.91
2Bhutan50.63
3Qatar50.00
4Mongolia49.93
5Sudan49.81

Lowest

187Netherlands27.46
186Vanuatu27.75
185Norway28.16
184Mozambique29.16
183Denmark29.46

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.31
LowestIraq20.28
Middle country: 35.55
Men (hours)
HighestMaldives52.74
LowestVanuatu28.20
Middle country: 41.25

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 187 in both
101 · 80rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Senegal36.32 → 38.90+2.58
Uganda29.14 → 30.99+1.85
Albania37.88 → 39.60+1.72
Honduras37.87 → 39.27+1.40
Philippines40.50 → 41.83+1.33

Fell most

Egypt46.13 → 43.26−2.87
Yemen32.94 → 30.51−2.43
Suriname42.42 → 40.57−1.85
Iran45.14 → 43.35−1.79
Uruguay35.40 → 34.30−1.10

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 2016.
178 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 37.99. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
106 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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