Indicator field guide / HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB.SEX_F
Weekly work hours: Women in employment
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 | 17.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Albania | 39.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Algeria | 35.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Angola | 41.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Argentina | 30.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Armenia | 32.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Australia | 28.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Austria | 25.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Azerbaijan | 33.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahamas, The | 35.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahrain | 36.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Bangladesh | 33.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Barbados | 32.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Belarus | 33.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Belgium | 27.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Belize | 36.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Benin | 40.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Bhutan | 53.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Bolivia | 34.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Botswana | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Brazil | 35.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 43.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Bulgaria | 37.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Burkina Faso | 42.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Burundi | 40.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Cabo Verde | 44.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Cambodia | 45.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Cameroon | 39.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Canada | 29.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Central African Republic | 37.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Chad | 26.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Chile | 34.3 (hours per employed person) |
| China | 44.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Colombia | 39.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Comoros | 35.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 35.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Rep. | 48.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Costa Rica | 37.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 38.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Croatia | 32.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Cyprus | 33.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Czechia | 32.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Denmark | 26.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Djibouti | 27.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Dominican Republic | 35.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Ecuador | 31.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| El Salvador | 41.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 41.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Estonia | 29.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Eswatini | 38.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Ethiopia | 28.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Fiji | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Finland | 26.4 (hours per employed person) |
| France | 28.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Gabon | 38.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Gambia, The | 31.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Georgia | 33.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Germany | 25.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Ghana | 30.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Greece | 35.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Guatemala | 35.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea | 37.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 39.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Guyana | 39.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Haiti | 41.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Honduras | 40.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 42.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Hungary | 32.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Iceland | 28.5 (hours per employed person) |
| India | 35.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Indonesia | 34.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 35.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Iraq | 17.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Ireland | 26.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Israel | 31.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Italy | 29.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Jamaica | 42.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Japan | 27.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Jordan | 47.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Kazakhstan | 36.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Kenya | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Korea, Rep. | 35.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Kuwait | 42.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 35.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Lao PDR | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Latvia | 33.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Lebanon | 38.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Lesotho | 48.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Liberia | 46.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Libya | 39.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Lithuania | 33.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Luxembourg | 29.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Macao SAR, China | 45.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Madagascar | 32.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Malawi | 27.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Malaysia | 43.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Maldives | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Mali | 37.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Malta | 31.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritania | 37.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritius | 36.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Mexico | 37.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Moldova | 37.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Mongolia | 43.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Montenegro | 42.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Morocco | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Mozambique | 29.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Myanmar | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Namibia | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Nepal | 35.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Netherlands | 22.6 (hours per employed person) |
| New Zealand | 30.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Nicaragua | 29.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Niger | 34.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Nigeria | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| North Macedonia | 36.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Norway | 24.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Oman | 40.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Pakistan | 35.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Panama | 34.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Papua New Guinea | 38.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Paraguay | 37.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Peru | 33.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Philippines | 39.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Poland | 34.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Portugal | 32.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 37.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Qatar | 47.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Romania | 37.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Russian Federation | 37.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Rwanda | 27.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Samoa | 44.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 50.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Saudi Arabia | 37.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Senegal | 40.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Serbia | 36.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Sierra Leone | 40.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Singapore | 42.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovak Republic | 30.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovenia | 31.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Solomon Islands | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 28.4 (hours per employed person) |
| South Africa | 39.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Spain | 29.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Sri Lanka | 36.7 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Lucia | 40.2 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Suriname | 35.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Sweden | 27.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Switzerland | 30.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Tajikistan | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Tanzania | 35.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Thailand | 41.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Timor-Leste | 32.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Togo | 34.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Tonga | 30.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 36.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Tunisia | 42.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkiye | 40.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkmenistan | 38.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Uganda | 40.3 (hours per employed person) |
| United Arab Emirates | 48.5 (hours per employed person) |
| United Kingdom | 27.1 (hours per employed person) |
| United States | 34.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Uruguay | 29.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Uzbekistan | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Vanuatu | 28.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Viet Nam | 40.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Zambia | 39.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Zimbabwe | 41.5 (hours per employed person) |
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