Data for 2024

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2024

Name: Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2024 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Bhutan is highest, at 54.72; Yemen is lowest, at 24.27. The middle country reads 38.91. Against 2023, 176 values changed (89 up, 87 down), 2 left.

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Average Weekly Hours Worked · Data for 2024

HighestBhutan

54.72

LowestYemen

24.27

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

182countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2024, 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	54.72	53.80	55.33	—
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.99	48.09	51.40	—
3	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	49.01	50.14	47.91	—
4	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.86	48.30	49.37	—
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.51	47.01	48.83	—
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	48.29	48.43	48.25	—
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.21	45.07	50.89	Real value
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.13	46.52	49.61	—
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.64	35.03	51.25	—
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.56	33.76	53.19	—
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.48	43.12	49.15	—
12	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.23	44.03	47.95	—
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.20	45.96	46.43	—
14	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.96	35.50	47.90	—
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45.76	36.02	48.69	—
16	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45.75	42.15	46.80	—
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.72	35.63	49.72	Real value
18	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.66	40.10	48.82	—
19	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.56	45.91	45.19	—
20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45.18	47.16	44.75	—
21	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.15	44.44	45.53	—
22	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.88	41.84	46.87	—
23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44.75	43.50	45.57	—
24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.64	42.22	46.54	—
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.52	44.30	44.69	—
26	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.46	43.28	45.15	—
27	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.45	41.55	47.30	—
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.23	34.69	46.92	—
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.22	43.18	44.76	Real value
30	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.15	42.03	44.98	—
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.13	39.84	45.12	—
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.05	40.30	44.65	—
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.75	37.88	47.52	—
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.39	42.60	44.07	—
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.36	42.05	44.46	—
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.32	39.59	46.26	—
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.31	40.96	45.17	—
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.21	35.53	44.59	—
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42.99	42.48	43.55	—
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.95	40.76	45.09	—
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.94	39.78	45.88	—
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.88	41.60	44.13	—
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.83	41.05	44.13	—
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.73	39.48	44.33	Real value
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	42.51	39.81	44.83	—
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.34	40.72	43.31	—
=47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.30	39.59	44.41	—
=47	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.30	38.88	44.19	—
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42.24	38.87	43.78	—
50	Colombia`COL`South America	42.14	38.67	44.50	Real value
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.11	42.00	42.21	Real value
52	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.07	40.60	43.52	—
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.04	40.63	43.39	—
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.84	39.02	44.47	—
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.80	39.51	43.69	Real value
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.78	40.93	42.59	—
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.71	40.52	42.81	—
58	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.56	38.85	44.05	—
59	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.52	41.15	41.83	—
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.49	38.59	43.70	—
61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.44	41.30	41.56	—
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.33	37.16	44.15	Real value
=62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.33	35.01	44.38	—
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.31	39.14	43.17	—
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.22	38.75	43.41	—
=66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.16	36.76	44.12	Real value
=66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.16	35.91	44.20	—
68	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.03	34.66	43.83	—
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.99	37.74	43.28	Real value
=70	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.98	40.16	41.85	—
=70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.98	36.29	43.51	—
72	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.85	38.23	43.25	—
=73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.80	37.10	43.17	—
=73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.80	37.64	43.06	—
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.78	36.90	41.59	—
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.69	40.05	41.15	—
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.48	39.97	40.91	Real value
78	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	40.17	35.95	41.28	—
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.08	35.66	43.10	—
=80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.06	36.50	42.09	—
=80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.06	35.89	44.03	—
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	40.00	34.69	44.37	—
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.94	37.26	42.42	—
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.92	36.06	42.92	—
85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.80	37.00	42.33	—
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.79	39.42	40.04	—
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.54	37.12	40.66	—
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.52	36.19	42.58	—
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.47	36.65	40.83	—
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.07	35.96	41.19	Real value
91	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	38.91	36.06	41.19	—
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.90	34.72	42.55	—
=93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	38.48	35.39	40.49	—
=93	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.48	37.61	39.13	—
95	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.30	37.15	39.31	—
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38.28	36.55	39.53	—
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	38.27	35.25	40.59	Real value
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.23	36.70	39.11	—
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.21	36.20	39.53	—
100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.20	37.14	39.20	Real value
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.18	36.19	39.95	Real value
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.14	32.84	42.81	—
103	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.94	35.00	40.36	—
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.89	34.89	40.73	—
=105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.88	34.22	41.03	—
=105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.88	36.41	39.23	—
=105	Peru`PER`South America	37.88	34.58	40.56	Real value
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.86	31.22	44.19	—
109	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.81	35.31	39.67	Real value
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37.60	36.87	38.24	—
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.55	34.65	39.45	—
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	37.54	35.72	39.81	Real value
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.44	33.77	40.95	—
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.42	35.29	38.97	—
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37.29	34.07	39.85	Real value
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.14	36.02	37.98	Real value
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.11	31.55	40.92	—
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.08	36.55	37.35	Real value
119	Chile`CHL`South America	36.84	33.66	39.18	Real value
120	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.64	35.62	37.71	—
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.32	33.97	38.32	—
122	United States`USA`Northern America	36.17	33.85	38.13	Real value
123	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.01	34.14	37.27	Real value
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.96	33.76	38.12	—
=125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.92	35.54	36.28	—
=125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.92	29.93	39.88	—
127	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	35.76	33.08	38.56	—
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.58	17.18	36.72	—
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.37	33.35	37.06	—
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.36	33.60	37.08	—
131	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.34	32.44	37.58	—
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.32	33.44	36.92	—
133	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.00	33.56	36.45	—
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.97	31.26	38.44	—
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	34.94	34.62	35.25	—
136	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.86	29.98	38.49	Real value
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.84	32.68	36.77	—
138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.76	32.61	36.79	—
139	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34.61	30.05	38.66	Real value
140	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.49	32.05	36.50	—
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	34.48	32.52	36.40	—
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.44	33.32	35.54	—
143	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.90	29.78	36.91	—
144	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.88	31.08	36.35	—
145	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.87	32.49	35.12	—
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33.76	30.98	35.76	—
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.69	30.11	36.65	Real value
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.66	32.71	34.46	—
149	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.48	30.53	36.15	—
150	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	33.30	31.42	34.86	—
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.20	31.24	35.12	Real value
152	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.70	30.43	34.75	—
153	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.49	29.36	35.81	—
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.38	28.19	35.91	—
155	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.14	29.63	34.33	—
156	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32.08	29.04	34.81	Real value
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.84	29.20	34.13	Real value
158	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.60	29.62	33.57	—
159	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	31.43	27.93	34.53	—
160	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.29	28.39	33.94	—
161	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31.17	27.58	34.48	Real value
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.12	28.19	33.28	—
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	31.10	27.96	33.71	—
164	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.88	28.20	33.40	—
165	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.78	27.73	31.91	—
166	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.76	27.23	34.00	—
167	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	30.71	30.74	30.68	—
168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.54	26.25	33.43	—
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30.50	28.46	31.32	—
170	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	30.46	26.01	34.38	—
171	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.33	17.23	31.96	—
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	29.66	25.53	33.28	—
173	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.32	26.43	31.76	Real value
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29.23	20.26	30.82	—
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.20	27.04	31.14	—
176	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.15	25.15	32.71	—
177	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.11	26.56	31.52	—
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	28.91	26.15	31.39	—
179	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.31	28.85	27.87	—
180	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.59	24.27	28.65	—
181	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.57	22.61	30.09	—
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.27	16.12	24.79	—

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

182Yemen24.27
181Netherlands26.57
180Norway26.59
179Vanuatu28.31
178Denmark28.91

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (hours)
HighestBhutan53.80
LowestYemen16.12
Middle country: 35.90
Men (hours)
HighestBhutan55.33
LowestYemen24.79
Middle country: 40.99

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
176values changed, of 182 in both
89 · 87rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso45.44 → 48.21+2.77
Honduras42.80 → 44.22+1.42
Bangladesh45.81 → 46.56+0.75
Uruguay32.98 → 33.69+0.71
Peru37.23 → 37.88+0.65

Fell most

South Korea38.50 → 37.29−1.21
Rwanda30.47 → 29.32−1.15
Türkiye43.76 → 42.73−1.03
Portugal33.94 → 33.20−0.74
Argentina35.59 → 34.86−0.73

− Lebanon

− South 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 2024.
172 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 37.88. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
150 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.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Average Weekly Hours Worked, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/weekly-hours/2024

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