Indicator field guide / HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB.SEX_M
Weekly work hours: Men 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 | 36.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Albania | 43.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Algeria | 44.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Angola | 44.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Argentina | 39.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Armenia | 42.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Australia | 34.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Austria | 33.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Azerbaijan | 35.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahamas, The | 37.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Bahrain | 41.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Bangladesh | 52.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Barbados | 36.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Belarus | 38.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Belgium | 34.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Belize | 42.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Benin | 43.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Bhutan | 55.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Bolivia | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Botswana | 45.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Brazil | 39.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 45.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Bulgaria | 38.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Burkina Faso | 48.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Burundi | 41.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Cabo Verde | 47.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Cambodia | 46.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Cameroon | 44.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Canada | 34.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Central African Republic | 42.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Chad | 33.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Chile | 39.8 (hours per employed person) |
| China | 44.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Colombia | 45.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Comoros | 39.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 36.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Congo, Rep. | 49.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Costa Rica | 44.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 43.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Croatia | 35.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Cyprus | 36.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Czechia | 36.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Denmark | 31.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Djibouti | 31.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Dominican Republic | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Ecuador | 41.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 45.1 (hours per employed person) |
| El Salvador | 44.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 47.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Estonia | 33.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Eswatini | 43.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Ethiopia | 33.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Fiji | 37.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Finland | 31.2 (hours per employed person) |
| France | 33.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Gabon | 44.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Gambia, The | 44.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Georgia | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Germany | 33.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Ghana | 34.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Greece | 40.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Guatemala | 44.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea | 43.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 45.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Guyana | 45.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Haiti | 41.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Honduras | 43.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 43.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Hungary | 36.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Iceland | 36.3 (hours per employed person) |
| India | 49.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Indonesia | 39.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 48.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Iraq | 32.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Ireland | 34.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Israel | 38.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Italy | 36.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Jamaica | 44.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Japan | 33.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Jordan | 48.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Kazakhstan | 39.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Kenya | 42.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Korea, Rep. | 41.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Kuwait | 47.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 40.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Lao PDR | 41.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Latvia | 36.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Lebanon | 49.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Lesotho | 51.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Liberia | 49.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Libya | 43.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Lithuania | 36.5 (hours per employed person) |
| Luxembourg | 34.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Macao SAR, China | 45.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Madagascar | 36.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Malawi | 34.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Malaysia | 45.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Maldives | 48.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Mali | 47.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Malta | 35.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritania | 40.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Mauritius | 39.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Mexico | 44.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Moldova | 39.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Mongolia | 49.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Montenegro | 44.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Morocco | 46.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Mozambique | 35.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Myanmar | 43.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Namibia | 43.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Nepal | 44.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Netherlands | 30.2 (hours per employed person) |
| New Zealand | 36.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Nicaragua | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Niger | 44.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Nigeria | 42.5 (hours per employed person) |
| North Macedonia | 38.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Norway | 28.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Oman | 44.8 (hours per employed person) |
| Pakistan | 51.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Panama | 37.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Papua New Guinea | 43.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Paraguay | 43.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Peru | 40.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Philippines | 39.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Poland | 38.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Portugal | 35.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 39.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Qatar | 44.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Romania | 39.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Russian Federation | 39.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Rwanda | 32.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Samoa | 45.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 47.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Saudi Arabia | 41.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Senegal | 48.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Serbia | 40.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Sierra Leone | 45.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Singapore | 46.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovak Republic | 36.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Slovenia | 34.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Solomon Islands | 35.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 31.3 (hours per employed person) |
| South Africa | 43.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Spain | 34.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Sri Lanka | 40.8 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Lucia | 41.3 (hours per employed person) |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Suriname | 43.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Sweden | 31.1 (hours per employed person) |
| Switzerland | 39.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Tajikistan | 43.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Tanzania | 43.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Thailand | 42.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Timor-Leste | 34.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Togo | 40.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Tonga | 30.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 39.6 (hours per employed person) |
| Tunisia | 44.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkiye | 45.3 (hours per employed person) |
| Turkmenistan | 44.2 (hours per employed person) |
| Uganda | 42.7 (hours per employed person) |
| United Arab Emirates | 48.3 (hours per employed person) |
| United Kingdom | 34.1 (hours per employed person) |
| United States | 38.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Uruguay | 36.0 (hours per employed person) |
| Uzbekistan | 43.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Vanuatu | 27.9 (hours per employed person) |
| Viet Nam | 42.4 (hours per employed person) |
| Zambia | 44.7 (hours per employed person) |
| Zimbabwe | 47.3 (hours per employed person) |
Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-02. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. Download and limitations.