Data for 2023

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2023

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2023 covers 184 countries on 3 measures. Bhutan is highest, at 54.56; Yemen is lowest, at 24.94. The middle country reads 38.81. Against 2022, 182 values changed (102 up, 80 down), 2 left.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2023

HighestBhutan

54.56

LowestYemen

24.94

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

184countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
177distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.56	53.63	55.16	—
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.02	48.15	51.42	—
3	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.98	50.09	47.90	—
4	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.84	48.28	49.35	—
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.49	46.97	48.81	Real value
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	48.35	48.45	48.33	Real value
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.05	46.42	49.54	—
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.57	34.96	51.18	—
9	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.77	38.86	49.51	—
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.45	43.12	49.09	Real value
11	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.18	43.98	47.88	—
12	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.08	35.59	48.00	Real value
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.02	45.75	46.27	—
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45.94	42.30	47.02	—
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45.86	36.07	48.76	—
16	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.82	35.81	49.63	Real value
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.81	32.96	52.93	Real value
18	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.60	45.94	45.25	—
19	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.59	40.02	48.72	—
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.44	41.95	48.40	—
21	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45.30	47.17	44.89	—
22	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.01	44.26	45.41	—
23	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.00	41.92	47.00	—
24	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44.80	43.53	45.62	Real value
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.72	44.45	44.94	—
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.60	42.28	46.42	—
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.57	43.36	45.28	—
28	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.44	41.54	47.31	Real value
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.20	40.46	44.80	—
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.11	39.86	45.09	Real value
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.10	34.56	46.75	—
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.09	42.00	44.91	—
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.76	40.52	45.33	Real value
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.60	37.69	47.39	—
35	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.49	42.66	44.20	Real value
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.48	42.13	44.61	Real value
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.42	41.02	45.35	Real value
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.29	35.57	44.67	—
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.00	39.39	45.80	—
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42.98	42.49	43.49	—
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.96	41.14	44.30	Real value
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.91	39.75	45.84	—
43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.86	40.64	45.00	—
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.83	41.54	44.08	—
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.80	40.92	43.76	Real value
46	Colombia`COL`South America	42.79	39.24	45.20	Real value
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.63	41.02	43.60	—
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	42.40	39.68	44.73	Real value
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42.36	38.96	43.92	—
50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.31	38.88	44.20	—
51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.24	40.75	43.66	—
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.19	39.48	44.30	—
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.04	40.57	43.47	—
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.90	39.41	43.91	Real value
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.87	41.66	42.04	Real value
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.85	39.01	44.49	—
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.74	37.42	44.47	Real value
58	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.64	38.92	44.16	—
=59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.55	40.32	42.69	—
=59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.55	40.68	42.38	Real value
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.48	39.25	43.40	Real value
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.44	36.96	44.44	Real value
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.42	41.23	41.57	—
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.39	38.48	43.59	—
65	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.38	40.99	41.71	—
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.36	35.03	44.39	Real value
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.16	38.67	43.33	Real value
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.05	35.80	44.05	—
69	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.96	34.62	43.72	—
70	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.94	40.12	41.83	—
71	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.84	36.14	43.38	—
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.82	37.52	43.13	Real value
=73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.81	40.14	41.28	Real value
=73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.81	37.13	43.21	—
=73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.81	40.24	41.29	Real value
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.80	36.98	41.60	—
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.76	38.12	43.17	—
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.68	37.48	42.95	—
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	40.25	36.05	41.35	—
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.11	36.53	42.15	—
81	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.09	35.63	43.10	—
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.99	34.67	44.34	—
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.93	37.26	42.43	—
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.89	35.67	43.90	—
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.88	35.96	42.86	—
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.78	36.97	42.32	—
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.67	39.34	39.91	Real value
=88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.47	37.04	40.59	—
=88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.47	36.67	40.79	—
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.40	36.07	42.46	—
91	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	38.90	36.05	41.18	—
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.82	35.58	41.00	Real value
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.80	34.60	42.44	—
94	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.65	37.79	39.28	Real value
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38.50	35.34	40.97	Real value
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.37	36.31	40.18	Real value
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.35	35.30	40.31	Real value
98	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.32	37.16	39.33	—
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.30	36.51	39.64	—
=100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.27	36.27	39.57	Real value
=100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.27	36.70	39.15	—
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.25	36.98	39.80	Real value
103	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.22	37.16	39.21	Real value
104	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	38.16	35.08	40.51	Real value
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.14	32.86	42.78	—
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37.99	37.22	38.66	Real value
107	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.95	34.99	40.38	—
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.94	36.46	39.30	—
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.86	34.86	40.68	—
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.84	34.18	40.99	Real value
111	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.81	35.27	39.70	Real value
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.79	31.12	44.10	Real value
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.66	34.73	39.58	Real value
114	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	37.60	34.72	40.36	—
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.54	33.86	41.05	—
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.48	36.39	38.31	Real value
117	Chile`CHL`South America	37.44	34.29	39.77	Real value
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.40	35.26	38.95	—
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.33	31.59	41.30	—
120	Peru`PER`South America	37.23	33.80	40.02	Real value
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.84	36.10	37.22	—
122	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.74	34.38	38.73	Real value
123	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.69	35.66	37.77	—
124	United States`USA`Northern America	36.39	34.03	38.38	Real value
125	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.16	33.95	37.63	Real value
126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	36.06	33.83	38.23	Real value
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.93	29.93	39.87	—
=128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.82	35.41	36.21	—
=128	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	35.82	33.10	38.66	—
130	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.59	30.44	39.47	Real value
131	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.55	17.18	36.69	—
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.52	33.51	37.25	—
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.39	33.56	36.94	Real value
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.32	32.40	37.58	—
135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.04	31.29	38.50	Real value
136	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.99	33.51	36.45	Real value
137	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.93	34.59	35.25	—
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.92	30.07	39.16	Real value
=139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.78	32.65	36.65	Real value
=139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	34.78	33.42	36.15	Real value
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.63	32.44	36.68	—
142	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.56	32.09	36.56	Real value
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	34.47	32.52	36.37	—
144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.45	33.32	35.55	—
145	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.08	32.62	35.38	Real value
146	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.94	31.97	35.85	Real value
147	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.83	30.91	36.41	Real value
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33.80	31.08	35.75	Real value
149	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.75	29.64	36.75	Real value
150	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.67	30.70	36.35	—
151	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.58	32.65	34.36	—
152	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.03	31.07	34.68	Real value
153	Uruguay`URY`South America	32.98	29.34	35.97	Real value
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.72	28.51	36.34	—
155	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.65	30.38	34.68	—
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.45	29.32	35.78	—
157	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.12	29.04	34.91	Real value
158	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.10	29.47	34.36	Real value
159	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.75	29.10	34.00	Real value
160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.64	28.71	34.28	—
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.50	29.44	33.52	Real value
162	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	31.43	27.85	34.61	Real value
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.07	28.13	33.22	—
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30.98	27.85	33.54	—
165	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.84	28.20	33.33	Real value
166	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30.79	27.13	34.13	Real value
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.75	27.69	31.85	—
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.74	27.22	34.00	—
169	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	30.71	30.75	30.67	Real value
170	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	30.60	26.27	34.33	—
171	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.53	26.24	33.44	—
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.47	27.94	32.66	Real value
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.46	28.39	31.29	—
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.39	17.25	32.01	—
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29.94	20.96	31.54	—
176	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	29.74	25.59	33.37	Real value
177	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.45	25.38	33.05	Real value
178	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.20	27.02	31.15	Real value
179	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	28.94	26.18	31.42	Real value
180	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.88	26.42	31.24	Real value
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.33	28.85	27.90	—
182	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.68	24.20	28.89	Real value
183	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.65	22.63	30.22	Real value
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.94	16.78	25.47	—

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

184Yemen24.94
183Netherlands26.65
182Norway26.68
181Vanuatu28.33
180Finland28.88

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestBhutan53.63
LowestYemen16.78
Middle country: 35.81
Men (hours)
HighestBhutan55.16
LowestYemen25.47
Middle country: 41.11

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 184 in both
102 · 80rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Iran43.29 → 46.08+2.79
Guatemala39.46 → 41.36+1.90
Panama34.48 → 36.16+1.68
Honduras41.54 → 42.80+1.26
Saint Lucia39.61 → 40.81+1.20

Fell most

United Arab Emirates50.41 → 48.35−2.06
Uruguay34.58 → 32.98−1.60
Egypt45.54 → 44.11−1.43
Mauritius39.57 → 38.27−1.30
Tonga31.73 → 30.71−1.02

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
177 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 40.81. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
103 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) (2023). Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/weekly-hours/2023

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