Data for 2017

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2017

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2017
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2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2017 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 51.82; Netherlands is lowest, at 27.49. The middle country reads 39.25. Against 2016, 182 values changed (85 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2017

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

51.82

LowestNetherlands

27.49

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

187countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
181distinct 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, 2017, 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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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.82	53.35	51.44	—
2	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.87	49.70	51.63	—
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.09	46.78	52.88	—
4	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.93	43.86	51.67	—
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.44	47.57	50.90	—
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.24	41.64	51.70	—
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.00	50.75	48.72	Real value
8	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.54	49.64	47.51	—
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.51	48.10	48.89	—
10	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.27	46.76	49.23	Real value
11	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.72	36.67	51.54	—
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.27	44.93	47.76	Real value
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47.17	45.36	48.84	Real value
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.93	38.04	51.06	Real value
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.81	39.26	49.84	—
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.74	34.16	50.14	—
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.50	42.60	47.77	—
18	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.25	46.26	46.24	Real value
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.06	43.46	48.35	—
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.02	42.88	48.88	—
21	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.90	42.69	48.01	—
22	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.87	45.95	45.79	—
23	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.83	45.01	46.50	—
24	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.58	45.24	45.91	—
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.50	43.87	46.46	Real value
26	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.46	43.33	47.10	—
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.22	42.80	47.17	—
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.21	40.12	45.91	—
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.70	42.27	46.49	Real value
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.64	34.79	47.78	—
31	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.60	33.07	47.07	Real value
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.58	40.65	46.39	—
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.56	41.99	45.46	—
34	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.19	42.25	46.00	—
35	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.17	42.80	44.92	Real value
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.16	38.60	45.68	Real value
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.70	35.64	45.17	Real value
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.69	38.31	46.08	Real value
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.02	41.46	44.26	Real value
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42.98	42.42	43.54	—
41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.96	37.71	46.13	Real value
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.79	36.38	46.91	Real value
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.63	37.62	45.22	Real value
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.62	42.49	42.73	Real value
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42.45	39.07	44.94	Real value
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.42	41.65	43.03	Real value
47	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.37	40.32	44.37	—
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.28	39.75	44.33	Real value
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.24	38.95	44.13	—
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.22	38.87	45.12	—
51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.15	41.16	42.84	Real value
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.13	38.73	43.99	—
=53	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.08	35.66	46.63	Real value
=53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.08	39.84	44.06	—
55	Colombia`COL`South America	42.00	37.07	45.40	Real value
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.89	36.03	45.51	Real value
57	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.56	38.79	44.16	—
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.48	38.74	43.77	—
59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.35	38.61	43.88	—
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.25	36.88	42.34	—
=61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.19	37.17	44.18	—
=61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.19	41.04	41.32	Real value
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.17	39.43	42.89	—
64	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.09	37.27	43.73	—
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.02	41.46	40.74	Real value
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40.93	39.65	41.79	Real value
67	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.89	40.53	41.21	—
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.86	39.57	41.72	Real value
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.82	37.73	42.89	Real value
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.62	35.25	43.13	—
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.59	37.26	42.79	—
72	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.54	35.93	43.05	—
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.50	35.85	43.46	—
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.48	39.77	41.06	Real value
75	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.40	39.40	41.46	—
76	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.34	38.19	42.44	—
77	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.32	34.11	43.06	—
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.28	35.03	44.10	—
79	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.26	35.10	43.21	Real value
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.11	37.42	42.57	—
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.07	37.98	41.44	—
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.02	37.86	41.75	Real value
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.84	36.16	42.19	Real value
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.83	36.67	42.21	—
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.74	38.31	41.11	Real value
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.70	35.62	42.56	—
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.69	34.02	44.81	—
88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39.59	36.63	42.44	—
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.48	37.52	40.93	—
=90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.44	33.86	43.35	Real value
=90	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.44	36.52	41.71	—
92	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.41	36.60	41.83	—
93	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.31	36.01	41.73	Real value
94	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.25	36.40	41.83	—
95	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.16	34.70	43.25	—
=96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.12	36.27	40.96	Real value
=96	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.12	30.96	40.66	Real value
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38.97	38.27	39.58	Real value
99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.85	35.58	39.19	—
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.80	36.82	39.77	Real value
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.65	36.80	39.83	Real value
=102	Peru`PER`South America	38.52	34.68	41.70	—
=102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.52	36.33	40.32	Real value
104	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	38.45	35.39	40.92	—
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.28	37.15	39.17	Real value
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	38.08	34.45	41.05	Real value
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.06	34.39	41.54	—
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.05	36.63	39.38	Real value
109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.00	36.49	39.45	Real value
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.99	35.26	39.44	Real value
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.96	21.14	42.64	Real value
112	Chile`CHL`South America	37.93	34.39	40.43	Real value
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.92	35.27	39.63	Real value
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.76	35.60	39.08	Real value
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.63	31.62	41.84	—
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.50	34.69	39.55	Real value
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.43	33.87	40.77	—
118	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.08	34.19	39.87	—
119	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	37.02	35.81	38.07	Real value
120	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	36.85	34.01	38.49	Real value
121	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.84	35.83	37.71	—
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.80	35.46	38.38	Real value
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.76	33.64	39.31	Real value
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.65	32.98	40.36	—
125	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.64	35.35	37.90	—
126	United States`USA`Northern America	36.60	33.83	38.89	Real value
127	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	36.41	33.47	39.31	—
128	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.19	31.44	40.39	Real value
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.09	30.48	39.97	Real value
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.94	29.82	39.80	—
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	35.93	33.92	37.92	—
132	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.83	32.00	39.48	Real value
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	35.71	33.68	37.40	Real value
134	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.67	31.61	38.35	Real value
135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.66	33.52	37.83	Real value
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35.60	32.80	37.80	Real value
137	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.58	32.66	37.85	—
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.37	33.51	37.32	Real value
139	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.36	31.87	38.73	Real value
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.31	33.09	37.16	Real value
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.11	32.07	38.18	Real value
=142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.06	34.42	35.66	—
=142	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.06	33.38	36.67	Real value
144	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	35.02	33.29	36.47	Real value
145	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.86	32.60	36.77	Real value
146	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.65	31.02	37.61	—
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.63	34.10	35.11	—
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.62	33.32	35.93	—
149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.54	33.88	35.00	—
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.50	28.96	39.28	Real value
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.49	32.53	35.47	—
152	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	34.41	29.85	38.38	Real value
153	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.40	32.49	36.20	Real value
154	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.94	29.94	37.34	Real value
155	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.83	29.39	37.02	Real value
156	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.77	30.67	36.48	—
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.49	30.17	36.22	Real value
158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.42	31.38	35.35	—
159	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.27	30.93	35.26	Real value
160	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33.11	28.06	37.39	Real value
161	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.91	30.71	34.89	—
162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.89	28.90	36.28	Real value
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.87	29.29	35.63	—
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.86	29.93	35.68	Real value
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.39	23.36	33.98	—
166	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.24	19.07	33.85	—
167	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.17	28.71	35.28	Real value
168	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.02	28.85	34.78	—
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.83	29.45	33.96	Real value
170	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31.19	26.45	35.44	Real value
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.08	28.01	33.90	Real value
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.00	27.86	33.55	—
173	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	30.73	26.14	34.73	Real value
174	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.69	25.85	34.97	Real value
175	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.44	27.94	32.75	Real value
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.41	27.45	31.38	—
177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.34	26.71	33.66	—
178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.25	25.95	33.25	—
179	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.14	27.90	31.05	—
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.11	25.88	33.45	—
181	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.77	27.20	32.12	Real value
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29.70	26.08	33.68	—
183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.33	26.19	32.12	Real value
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.00	20.98	29.57	—
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.93	24.93	30.66	Real value
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.86	27.55	28.11	—
187	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.49	22.44	31.89	Real value

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates51.82
2Bhutan50.87
3Mongolia50.09
4Sudan49.93
5Lesotho49.44

Lowest

187Netherlands27.49
186Vanuatu27.86
185Norway27.93
184Yemen29.00
183Denmark29.33

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates53.35
LowestIraq19.07
Middle country: 35.64
Men (hours)
HighestMongolia52.88
LowestVanuatu28.11
Middle country: 41.32

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 187 in both
85 · 97rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Senegal38.90 → 42.79+3.89
Uganda30.99 → 32.86+1.87
Iran43.35 → 44.60+1.25
Palestine37.99 → 39.12+1.13
Kyrgyzstan36.70 → 37.76+1.06

Fell most

Bolivia42.90 → 41.19−1.71
Nigeria43.73 → 42.08−1.65
Yemen30.51 → 29.00−1.51
Honduras39.27 → 37.99−1.28
Vietnam41.01 → 39.74−1.27

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 2017.
181 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 42.08. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
94 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
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