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Average Weekly Hours Worked 2021 — data table

Average Weekly Hours Worked 2021

Report year 2021Data year 2021

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 2021 — 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 2021 — 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	51	52	51	—
BTN	Bhutan	51	49	52	Real value
SDN	Sudan	50	45	51	—
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	49	50	48	—
COG	Republic of the Congo	48	48	48	—
QAT	Qatar	48	48	48	—
LSO	Lesotho	48	46	49	—
IND	India	48	39	51	Real value
LBR	Liberia	47	46	49	—
PAK	Pakistan	47	34	50	Real value
JOR	Jordan	47	42	47	Real value
BRN	Brunei	46	45	47	Real value
KWT	Kuwait	46	42	47	—
LBN	Lebanon	46	39	48	—
BGD	Bangladesh	46	36	51	—
KHM	Cambodia	46	45	46	—
BWA	Botswana	46	43	48	Real value
MDV	Maldives	46	36	48	—
MNG	Mongolia	46	43	48	Real value
MAC	Macau	45	46	45	—
CPV	Cabo Verde	45	43	47	—
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	45	42	47	—
BFA	Burkina Faso	45	41	48	—
OMN	Oman	44	41	45	—
TUN	Tunisia	44	42	45	—
MAR	Morocco	44	35	47	Real value
SEN	Senegal	44	37	48	—
IRN	Iran	44	33	46	Real value
SGP	Singapore	44	42	46	—
CHN	China	44	43	44	—
WSM	Samoa	44	42	45	—
MYS	Malaysia	44	43	44	Real value
SLV	El Salvador	43	42	44	Real value
TUR	Türkiye	43	40	45	Real value
MNE	Montenegro	43	42	45	Real value
EGY	Egypt	43	37	44	Real value
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	43	40	46	—
HKG	Hong Kong	43	42	43	—
SWZ	Eswatini	43	40	45	Real value
MLI	Mali	43	37	46	—
DZA	Algeria	43	35	44	—
SLE	Sierra Leone	42	40	45	—
JAM	Jamaica	42	40	44	Real value
MMR	Myanmar	42	40	43	—
GAB	Gabon	42	39	44	—
LBY	Libya	42	38	43	—
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	41	43	Real value
UGA	Uganda	42	39	44	Real value
GUY	Guyana	42	38	44	—
COL	Colombia	42	38	44	Real value
NAM	Namibia	42	40	43	—
CMR	Cameroon	42	39	44	—
PRK	North Korea	41	39	44	—
ZAF	South Africa	41	39	44	Real value
BEN	Benin	41	40	43	—
LAO	Laos	41	41	41	—
ZMB	Zambia	41	39	43	Real value
TKM	Turkmenistan	41	39	44	—
MEX	Mexico	41	37	44	Real value
HTI	Haiti	41	41	41	—
ALB	Albania	41	38	43	Real value
GTM	Guatemala	41	36	43	—
HND	Honduras	41	37	43	Real value
CUB	Cuba	41	38	43	—
THA	Thailand	41	40	41	Real value
BDI	Burundi	41	40	42	—
BHR	Bahrain	41	36	42	—
UZB	Uzbekistan	40	36	43	—
PNG	Papua New Guinea	40	38	43	—
TJK	Tajikistan	40	34	43	—
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	40	36	43	—
NPL	Nepal	40	35	43	—
CRI	Costa Rica	40	35	43	Real value
SUR	Suriname	40	35	43	—
BLZ	Belize	40	36	42	—
GIN	Guinea	40	37	42	—
AGO	Angola	40	38	42	Real value
NER	Niger	39	34	44	—
CAF	Central African Republic	39	37	42	—
SRB	Serbia	39	37	41	Real value
SAU	Saudi Arabia	39	36	40	—
ERI	Eritrea	39	36	42	—
PHL	Philippines	39	39	39	Real value
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39	35	42	—
VNM	Vietnam	39	38	40	Real value
ROU	Romania	39	38	40	Real value
PSE	Palestine	39	31	41	Real value
UKR	Ukraine	39	36	42	—
NGA	Nigeria	39	36	42	—
LCA	Saint Lucia	39	39	39	Real value
PRY	Paraguay	39	36	41	Real value
MRT	Mauritania	39	36	40	—
TWN	Taiwan	39	36	41	—
TZA	Tanzania	39	35	43	—
ZWE	Zimbabwe	39	36	42	Real value
GMB	Gambia	39	32	44	—
KOR	South Korea	39	35	41	Real value
BOL	Bolivia	38	35	42	Real value
DOM	Dominican Republic	38	35	41	Real value
BGR	Bulgaria	38	37	39	Real value
MDA	Moldova	38	37	40	Real value
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	38	35	40	Real value
KEN	Kenya	38	34	42	Real value
PRI	Puerto Rico	38	37	39	—
MKD	North Macedonia	38	37	39	Real value
LKA	Sri Lanka	38	34	40	Real value
ARM	Armenia	38	33	43	—
GUM	Guam	38	35	40	—
RUS	Russia	38	37	39	Real value
BRA	Brazil	38	35	40	Real value
PER	Peru	38	34	41	—
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	38	36	39	—
TGO	Togo	38	34	40	—
GRC	Greece	38	34	40	Real value
VEN	Venezuela	37	36	38	—
KAZ	Kazakhstan	37	36	39	—
SSD	South Sudan	37	34	40	—
MUS	Mauritius	37	35	38	Real value
POL	Poland	37	34	39	Real value
AFG	Afghanistan	37	22	40	Real value
ECU	Ecuador	37	31	41	—
CHL	Chile	37	33	39	Real value
GEO	Georgia	37	33	40	—
COM	Comoros	37	34	38	Real value
USA	United States	37	34	39	Real value
IDN	Indonesia	37	34	38	Real value
FJI	Fiji	36	35	37	—
BHS	Bahamas	36	34	37	—
NCL	New Caledonia	36	34	38	—
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	36	33	39	—
BLR	Belarus	36	33	38	Real value
NIC	Nicaragua	36	29	39	—
ISR	Israel	35	31	39	Real value
PYF	French Polynesia	35	32	37	—
COD	DR Congo	35	35	35	—
HUN	Hungary	35	32	37	Real value
LTU	Lithuania	35	33	37	Real value
CZE	Czechia	35	32	37	Real value
ARG	Argentina	35	29	38	Real value
SLB	Solomon Islands	35	34	35	—
CHE	Switzerland	34	29	39	Real value
AZE	Azerbaijan	34	33	35	Real value
LVA	Latvia	34	32	36	Real value
PAN	Panama	34	32	35	Real value
SVN	Slovenia	34	32	36	Real value
HRV	Croatia	34	33	35	Real value
TLS	Timor-Leste	34	33	35	Real value
URY	Uruguay	34	30	37	—
MDG	Madagascar	34	32	36	—
MLT	Malta	34	31	35	Real value
CYP	Cyprus	34	32	35	Real value
BRB	Barbados	34	32	36	—
SVK	Slovakia	33	30	36	Real value
ITA	Italy	33	29	36	Real value
NZL	New Zealand	33	30	36	—
TON	Tonga	33	32	34	Real value
ISL	Iceland	33	29	36	—
PRT	Portugal	33	30	34	Real value
GHA	Ghana	32	30	34	—
CAN	Canada	32	29	35	Real value
EST	Estonia	32	30	34	Real value
MOZ	Mozambique	32	29	35	—
ESP	Spain	32	29	34	Real value
BEL	Belgium	31	27	35	Real value
SYR	Syria	31	22	33	—
AUS	Australia	31	28	34	—
SOM	Somalia	31	29	32	—
JPN	Japan	31	27	34	—
LUX	Luxembourg	31	27	34	Real value
IRL	Ireland	31	26	35	—
IRQ	Iraq	30	17	32	Real value
DJI	Djibouti	30	27	31	—
MWI	Malawi	30	27	34	—
FRA	France	30	27	33	Real value
TCD	Chad	30	26	33	—
ETH	Ethiopia	30	27	32	Real value
DEU	Germany	30	26	33	Real value
AUT	Austria	29	25	34	Real value
FIN	Finland	29	27	32	Real value
DNK	Denmark	29	26	32	Real value
GBR	United Kingdom	29	26	33	Real value
SWE	Sweden	29	27	31	Real value
RWA	Rwanda	29	26	31	Real value
VUT	Vanuatu	28	29	27	—
NOR	Norway	27	24	30	Real value
NLD	Netherlands	27	22	31	Real value
YEM	Yemen	26	18	26	—

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