Data for 2022

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2022

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2022 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Bhutan is highest, at 54.44; Yemen is lowest, at 25.70. The middle country reads 39.37. Against 2021, 185 values changed (139 up, 46 down), 1 left.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2022

HighestBhutan

54.44

LowestYemen

25.70

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

186countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
176distinct 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, 2022, 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	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.44	53.51	55.00	Real value
2	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.76	45.70	51.90	Real value
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	50.41	50.22	50.47	Real value
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.05	48.21	51.42	—
5	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.95	50.39	47.55	—
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.81	48.25	49.32	—
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47.97	46.31	49.48	—
8	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.71	43.61	48.46	Real value
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.54	34.91	51.15	—
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.74	38.10	49.88	Real value
11	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.68	39.74	49.11	—
12	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.67	43.43	49.31	Real value
13	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.08	43.89	47.76	—
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.06	42.30	47.22	—
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45.97	36.13	48.85	—
16	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.88	45.60	46.15	—
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.71	34.80	51.96	Real value
18	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.66	45.97	45.36	—
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.54	40.84	46.45	Real value
20	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45.52	44.10	46.42	Real value
21	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.51	39.94	48.64	—
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45.32	47.19	44.92	—
23	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.10	42.00	47.14	—
24	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.92	44.59	45.19	—
25	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.90	44.12	45.32	—
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.74	42.35	46.58	—
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.70	43.44	45.44	Real value
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.36	40.55	45.00	—
29	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	44.35	43.28	45.29	Real value
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.27	40.18	47.72	—
=31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.00	34.47	46.63	Real value
=31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.00	40.96	47.00	Real value
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.99	41.56	44.96	—
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.85	40.42	45.48	Real value
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.79	41.05	46.05	Real value
36	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.44	37.47	47.23	—
=37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.39	35.61	44.75	—
=37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.39	41.90	44.63	Real value
39	Colombia`COL`South America	43.36	40.04	45.56	Real value
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.29	33.44	45.05	Real value
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.18	41.92	44.05	Real value
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	43.00	42.51	43.52	—
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.87	39.86	45.65	—
=44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.77	41.48	44.06	Real value
=44	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.77	39.25	45.42	—
46	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.75	40.54	44.87	—
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.58	40.97	43.54	—
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.44	40.87	43.93	—
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.34	38.90	44.22	—
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	42.21	39.09	44.87	Real value
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.14	39.42	44.25	—
52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42.04	38.65	43.59	—
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.00	40.54	43.42	—
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.96	39.49	43.92	Real value
=55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.79	39.16	44.09	—
=55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.79	38.95	44.44	—
=55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.79	41.70	41.86	Real value
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.78	37.44	44.61	Real value
59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.61	38.87	44.14	—
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.56	39.23	43.55	Real value
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.54	37.98	43.49	Real value
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.40	39.16	43.45	—
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.35	41.13	41.53	—
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.34	36.44	44.59	Real value
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.30	38.37	43.50	—
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.24	40.83	41.59	Real value
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.15	40.18	42.07	Real value
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.96	40.18	41.49	Real value
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.93	35.69	43.89	—
70	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.91	40.07	41.81	—
71	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.89	34.58	43.61	—
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.75	37.09	43.17	—
73	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.69	35.99	43.21	—
74	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.67	38.01	43.10	—
75	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	40.38	36.10	41.49	—
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.29	37.06	42.58	—
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.28	40.21	40.32	Real value
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.24	36.57	42.24	—
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.23	36.88	42.58	Real value
80	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.11	35.59	43.12	—
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.98	34.67	44.33	—
82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.96	36.44	42.98	—
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	39.93	36.51	40.63	—
84	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.87	37.17	42.35	—
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.74	35.48	43.77	—
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.71	36.90	42.25	—
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.70	35.76	42.66	—
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.68	31.44	41.37	Real value
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.61	39.30	39.86	Real value
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.57	37.99	40.51	Real value
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.47	36.64	40.84	Real value
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.46	34.33	42.06	—
=93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.37	36.93	40.50	—
=93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.37	37.24	41.19	Real value
95	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	38.97	36.10	41.25	—
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.91	37.95	39.63	Real value
=97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.69	34.49	42.33	Real value
=97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.69	37.35	40.28	Real value
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.52	35.02	40.78	Real value
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.42	35.44	40.32	Real value
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.39	33.39	42.80	—
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.35	32.28	44.06	—
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.34	36.71	39.23	—
104	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.29	37.13	39.30	—
105	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.26	36.38	39.70	—
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38.22	37.47	38.88	Real value
107	Peru`PER`South America	38.09	34.36	41.12	Real value
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.08	36.90	39.22	Real value
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.02	34.31	41.14	Real value
110	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.00	36.50	39.38	Real value
=111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.93	34.64	40.36	Real value
=111	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.93	34.91	40.40	—
=113	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.92	35.28	39.85	Real value
=113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37.92	34.76	40.32	Real value
115	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.85	36.55	38.81	Real value
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.83	34.83	40.63	—
117	Chile`CHL`South America	37.69	34.40	40.06	Real value
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.61	34.97	39.32	Real value
119	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.57	34.71	40.33	—
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.50	33.82	41.00	—
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.37	35.24	38.92	—
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.15	31.54	41.10	—
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.92	34.39	39.03	Real value
124	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.62	35.56	37.70	—
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.57	35.62	37.04	—
126	United States`USA`Northern America	36.43	34.07	38.39	Real value
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.88	29.88	39.77	—
128	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	35.84	33.05	38.69	—
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.74	35.30	36.17	—
130	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.73	31.52	39.63	Real value
131	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.64	33.29	37.94	Real value
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.62	33.55	37.41	—
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.55	17.17	36.69	—
134	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.39	30.32	39.15	Real value
135	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.31	33.07	37.27	Real value
136	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.26	32.32	37.52	—
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.06	33.25	36.89	Real value
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	35.05	30.20	39.28	Real value
139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.90	34.55	35.23	—
140	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.81	32.42	36.71	Real value
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.61	32.67	36.55	Real value
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.58	30.74	37.76	Real value
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.49	32.56	36.31	Real value
144	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.48	32.35	35.83	Real value
145	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.43	33.28	35.56	Real value
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.33	32.93	35.54	Real value
147	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.29	32.24	35.95	Real value
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	34.10	31.85	36.26	—
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33.82	31.50	35.48	Real value
150	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.72	29.54	36.76	Real value
151	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.70	30.74	36.31	Real value
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.66	32.66	34.49	—
153	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.62	30.22	36.67	—
154	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.55	31.50	35.25	Real value
155	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.54	31.83	35.18	Real value
156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.87	28.84	36.37	—
157	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.62	30.35	34.65	Real value
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.41	29.26	35.74	Real value
159	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.35	29.16	35.11	Real value
160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31.94	28.72	34.85	Real value
161	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.90	28.78	34.51	Real value
162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	31.74	28.06	35.00	Real value
163	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	31.73	31.20	32.16	—
164	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.62	29.42	33.78	Real value
165	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.27	28.39	33.88	—
166	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	31.16	26.46	35.25	—
167	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.00	28.05	33.14	—
=168	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30.90	27.06	34.02	—
=168	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.90	27.12	34.36	Real value
170	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.79	27.92	33.48	Real value
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.77	21.77	32.38	—
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.72	27.19	33.98	—
173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.71	27.64	31.78	—
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.51	26.23	33.42	—
175	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.43	17.38	32.09	—
176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.41	28.31	31.25	—
177	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.03	27.76	32.01	Real value
178	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	29.71	25.48	33.41	Real value
179	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.43	24.80	33.52	Real value
180	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.32	27.11	31.27	Real value
181	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.06	26.68	31.30	Real value
182	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.02	26.19	31.56	Real value
183	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.32	28.83	27.90	—
184	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.24	24.36	29.80	Real value
185	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.81	22.23	30.88	Real value
186	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.70	17.57	26.23	—

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

186Yemen25.70
185Netherlands26.81
184Norway27.24
183Vanuatu28.32
182Denmark29.02

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestBhutan53.51
LowestAfghanistan17.17
Middle country: 35.66
Men (hours)
HighestBhutan55.00
LowestYemen26.23
Middle country: 41.13

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
185values changed, of 186 in both
139 · 46rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe38.68 → 44.00+5.32
Bhutan50.71 → 54.44+3.73
Angola39.76 → 42.77+3.01
Mauritius36.92 → 39.57+2.65
Egypt42.94 → 45.54+2.60

Fell most

Qatar47.88 → 45.32−2.56
Botswana45.65 → 43.79−1.86
Guatemala40.88 → 39.46−1.42
Tonga33.10 → 31.73−1.37
Afghanistan36.88 → 35.55−1.33

− Ukraine

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 2022.
176 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 41.79. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
95 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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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/weekly-hours/2022

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