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Average Weekly Hours Worked 2018 — data table

Average Weekly Hours Worked 2018

Report year 2018Data year 2018

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 2018 — 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 2018 — 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	51	Real value
BTN	Bhutan	51	50	52	Real value
MNG	Mongolia	50	47	53	—
SDN	Sudan	50	44	52	—
LSO	Lesotho	50	48	51	—
IND	India	50	42	52	—
QAT	Qatar	49	49	49	—
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	49	50	48	—
COG	Republic of the Congo	48	48	49	—
LBR	Liberia	47	45	49	—
MDV	Maldives	47	37	50	—
PAK	Pakistan	47	34	50	Real value
LBN	Lebanon	47	39	50	—
BGD	Bangladesh	47	38	51	—
BRN	Brunei	47	45	47	Real value
JOR	Jordan	47	43	47	Real value
BFA	Burkina Faso	46	43	49	—
KWT	Kuwait	46	42	48	—
MAC	Macau	46	46	46	—
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	46	42	48	—
CPV	Cabo Verde	46	43	47	—
OMN	Oman	46	40	46	—
EGY	Egypt	46	41	47	Real value
MMR	Myanmar	46	44	47	Real value
CHN	China	46	45	46	—
KHM	Cambodia	45	45	46	—
SWZ	Eswatini	45	42	47	—
BWA	Botswana	45	43	47	—
MYS	Malaysia	45	43	46	Real value
TUR	Türkiye	45	40	47	Real value
MAR	Morocco	45	35	48	—
LBY	Libya	44	40	46	—
TUN	Tunisia	44	42	45	—
SGP	Singapore	44	42	46	Real value
WSM	Samoa	44	43	45	—
SEN	Senegal	44	37	48	—
DZA	Algeria	44	36	45	—
MNE	Montenegro	43	42	44	Real value
IRN	Iran	43	31	46	Real value
JAM	Jamaica	43	41	44	Real value
NAM	Namibia	43	41	45	Real value
MEX	Mexico	43	38	46	Real value
HKG	Hong Kong	43	42	44	—
BLZ	Belize	43	39	45	Real value
THA	Thailand	42	42	43	Real value
GAB	Gabon	42	39	44	—
MLI	Mali	42	37	46	Real value
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	42	39	45	Real value
SLE	Sierra Leone	42	40	44	Real value
COL	Colombia	42	37	46	Real value
SLV	El Salvador	42	41	43	Real value
ZAF	South Africa	42	40	44	Real value
LKA	Sri Lanka	42	37	44	Real value
PHL	Philippines	42	42	42	Real value
CMR	Cameroon	42	39	44	—
PRK	North Korea	42	39	44	—
TKM	Turkmenistan	41	39	44	—
BHR	Bahrain	41	37	42	—
BEN	Benin	41	40	43	—
LAO	Laos	41	41	41	—
VNM	Vietnam	41	40	43	Real value
KOR	South Korea	41	38	44	Real value
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	40	42	Real value
CUB	Cuba	41	37	44	—
HTI	Haiti	41	41	41	—
LCA	Saint Lucia	41	40	41	Real value
CRI	Costa Rica	41	34	45	Real value
GMB	Gambia	41	35	46	—
GTM	Guatemala	41	36	43	—
ALB	Albania	41	38	43	Real value
GUY	Guyana	41	37	43	Real value
SUR	Suriname	41	36	44	—
UZB	Uzbekistan	40	36	43	—
BDI	Burundi	40	39	41	—
AGO	Angola	40	38	42	—
NGA	Nigeria	40	38	43	—
TJK	Tajikistan	40	34	43	—
NPL	Nepal	40	35	43	—
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	40	36	43	—
PNG	Papua New Guinea	40	38	43	—
BOL	Bolivia	40	36	43	—
MKD	North Macedonia	40	39	41	Real value
GIN	Guinea	40	37	42	—
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40	36	43	—
CAF	Central African Republic	40	37	42	—
PRY	Paraguay	40	37	42	Real value
UKR	Ukraine	40	36	42	—
DOM	Dominican Republic	40	36	42	Real value
NER	Niger	39	34	43	—
TWN	Taiwan	39	36	42	—
COM	Comoros	39	37	41	—
PSE	Palestine	39	30	41	Real value
GRC	Greece	39	36	42	Real value
HND	Honduras	39	36	41	Real value
ERI	Eritrea	39	36	42	—
SRB	Serbia	39	37	41	Real value
KEN	Kenya	39	35	43	—
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	39	37	40	—
MRT	Mauritania	39	37	40	—
BGR	Bulgaria	39	38	40	Real value
SAU	Saudi Arabia	39	36	39	—
ARM	Armenia	38	33	43	Real value
VEN	Venezuela	38	37	39	—
GUM	Guam	38	35	41	—
PER	Peru	38	35	41	—
TZA	Tanzania	38	34	42	—
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	38	36	40	Real value
IDN	Indonesia	38	35	40	Real value
ROU	Romania	38	37	39	Real value
KAZ	Kazakhstan	38	36	39	—
AFG	Afghanistan	38	22	42	—
RUS	Russia	38	36	39	Real value
ECU	Ecuador	38	32	42	—
ZMB	Zambia	38	34	41	Real value
CHL	Chile	38	34	40	Real value
GEO	Georgia	38	34	41	Real value
MDA	Moldova	38	36	39	Real value
TGO	Togo	37	34	41	—
PRI	Puerto Rico	37	36	38	—
SSD	South Sudan	37	34	40	—
BRA	Brazil	37	34	39	Real value
USA	United States	37	34	39	Real value
PAN	Panama	37	34	39	Real value
BHS	Bahamas	37	36	38	—
ZWE	Zimbabwe	37	33	40	—
HUN	Hungary	36	35	38	Real value
POL	Poland	36	33	38	Real value
ISR	Israel	36	31	40	Real value
LVA	Latvia	36	34	38	Real value
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	36	33	39	—
MLT	Malta	36	32	38	Real value
ARG	Argentina	36	30	40	Real value
SVK	Slovakia	36	34	37	Real value
NIC	Nicaragua	36	30	40	—
LTU	Lithuania	36	34	37	Real value
PYF	French Polynesia	36	33	38	—
CZE	Czechia	36	33	38	Real value
BLR	Belarus	35	33	38	Real value
BRB	Barbados	35	33	37	—
NCL	New Caledonia	35	33	37	Real value
CYP	Cyprus	35	33	37	Real value
MUS	Mauritius	35	33	37	Real value
COD	DR Congo	35	34	36	—
FJI	Fiji	35	33	36	—
HRV	Croatia	35	33	36	Real value
SLB	Solomon Islands	35	34	35	—
AZE	Azerbaijan	35	33	36	—
URY	Uruguay	35	31	38	—
CHE	Switzerland	34	29	39	Real value
TON	Tonga	34	34	35	Real value
PRT	Portugal	34	33	36	Real value
ISL	Iceland	34	30	38	Real value
LUX	Luxembourg	34	31	37	Real value
EST	Estonia	34	32	36	Real value
ITA	Italy	34	29	37	Real value
NZL	New Zealand	34	31	37	—
ESP	Spain	34	30	37	Real value
MDG	Madagascar	34	31	35	—
SVN	Slovenia	34	31	35	Real value
IRL	Ireland	33	28	38	Real value
RWA	Rwanda	33	30	36	Real value
BEL	Belgium	33	29	36	Real value
GHA	Ghana	33	30	35	—
CAN	Canada	33	29	36	Real value
SYR	Syria	32	23	34	—
JPN	Japan	32	29	35	—
IRQ	Iraq	32	19	34	—
AUS	Australia	32	29	35	—
TLS	Timor-Leste	32	29	34	—
UGA	Uganda	31	28	35	—
GBR	United Kingdom	31	27	35	Real value
FRA	France	31	28	34	Real value
DEU	Germany	31	26	35	Real value
AUT	Austria	31	26	35	Real value
DJI	Djibouti	30	27	31	—
FIN	Finland	30	28	33	Real value
MWI	Malawi	30	27	34	—
TCD	Chad	30	26	33	—
MOZ	Mozambique	30	27	34	—
ETH	Ethiopia	30	26	33	—
SOM	Somalia	30	28	31	—
SWE	Sweden	30	27	32	Real value
DNK	Denmark	30	27	32	Real value
YEM	Yemen	29	21	29	—
NOR	Norway	28	25	31	Real value
VUT	Vanuatu	28	28	28	—
NLD	Netherlands	27	22	32	Real value

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