Indicator field guide / HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB.SEX_T
Weekly work hours: All employed people
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person, by sex; ILO modelled estimates, November 2025 vintage.
Unit: hours per employed person. Original provider definition and metadata ↗
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Covered economies, 2023
| Economy | Value |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 35.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Albania | 41.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Algeria | 43.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Angola | 42.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Argentina | 35.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Armenia | 38.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Australia | 31.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Austria | 29.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Azerbaijan | 34.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahamas, The | 36.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahrain | 40.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Bangladesh | 45.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Barbados | 34.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Belarus | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Belgium | 31.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Belize | 40.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Benin | 42.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Bhutan | 54.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Bolivia | 37.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Botswana | 43.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Brazil | 37.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 44.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Bulgaria | 38.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Burkina Faso | 45.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Burundi | 40.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Cabo Verde | 46.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Cambodia | 46.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Cameroon | 42.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Canada | 32.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Central African Republic | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Chad | 30.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Chile | 37.4 (hours per employed person) |
| China | 44.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Colombia | 42.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Comoros | 37.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 35.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Rep. | 48.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Costa Rica | 41.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Croatia | 34.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Cyprus | 35.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Czechia | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Denmark | 28.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Djibouti | 30.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Dominican Republic | 38.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Ecuador | 37.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 44.1 (hours per employed person) |
| El Salvador | 43.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 45.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Estonia | 31.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Eswatini | 41.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Ethiopia | 31.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Fiji | 36.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Finland | 28.9 (hours per employed person) |
| France | 30.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Gabon | 42.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Gambia, The | 37.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Georgia | 37.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Germany | 29.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Ghana | 32.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Greece | 38.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Guatemala | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea | 40.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 42.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Guyana | 43.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Haiti | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Honduras | 42.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 43.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Hungary | 34.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Iceland | 32.7 (hours per employed person) |
| India | 45.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Indonesia | 37.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 46.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Iraq | 30.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Ireland | 30.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Israel | 35.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Italy | 33.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Jamaica | 43.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Japan | 31.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Jordan | 48.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Kazakhstan | 37.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Kenya | 38.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Korea, Rep. | 38.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Kuwait | 45.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 38.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Lao PDR | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Latvia | 34.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Lebanon | 46.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Lesotho | 50.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Liberia | 48.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Libya | 42.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Lithuania | 35.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Luxembourg | 32.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Macao SAR, China | 45.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Madagascar | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Malawi | 30.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Malaysia | 44.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Maldives | 45.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Mali | 43.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Malta | 33.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritania | 39.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritius | 38.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Mexico | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Moldova | 38.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Mongolia | 46.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Montenegro | 43.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Morocco | 44.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Mozambique | 32.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Myanmar | 42.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Namibia | 42.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Nepal | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Netherlands | 26.6 (hours per employed person) |
| New Zealand | 33.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Nicaragua | 35.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Niger | 40.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Nigeria | 39.4 (hours per employed person) |
| North Macedonia | 37.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Norway | 26.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Oman | 44.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Pakistan | 47.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Panama | 36.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Papua New Guinea | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Paraguay | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Peru | 37.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Philippines | 39.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Poland | 36.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Portugal | 33.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 38.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Qatar | 45.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Romania | 38.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Russian Federation | 38.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Rwanda | 30.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Samoa | 45.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 49.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Saudi Arabia | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Senegal | 45.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Serbia | 38.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Sierra Leone | 42.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Singapore | 44.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovak Republic | 33.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovenia | 33.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Solomon Islands | 34.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.5 (hours per employed person) |
| South Africa | 41.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Spain | 31.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Sri Lanka | 39.5 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Lucia | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Suriname | 40.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Sweden | 29.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Switzerland | 34.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Tajikistan | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Tanzania | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Thailand | 41.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Timor-Leste | 33.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Togo | 37.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Tonga | 30.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 38.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Tunisia | 44.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkiye | 43.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkmenistan | 41.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Uganda | 41.5 (hours per employed person) |
| United Arab Emirates | 48.4 (hours per employed person) |
| United Kingdom | 30.8 (hours per employed person) |
| United States | 36.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Uruguay | 33.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Uzbekistan | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Vanuatu | 28.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Viet Nam | 41.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Zambia | 42.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Zimbabwe | 44.4 (hours per employed person) |
Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-02. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. Download and limitations.