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Average hours worked per person employed

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2017; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•37 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,746.1Hours
Median: 1,738.7Hours
Countries Covered
37
with available data
Highest
South Africa
2,209.1Hours
Lowest
Germany
1,355.5Hours
Top 5 Countries
1South Africa2,209.1Hours
2Mexico2,143.4Hours
3Poland2,050.4Hours
4Greece2,030.1Hours
5Chile1,974.0Hours
By Region
Africa2,209.1Hours(1 countries)
South America1,974.0Hours(1 countries)
Other1,903.0Hours(2 countries)
North America1,862.6Hours(3 countries)
Asia1,816.8Hours(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,355.5Hours)High (2,209.1Hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,746.1Hours)

Africa (1)
South America (1)
Other (2)
North America (3)
Asia (2)
Oceania (2)
Europe (26)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2017; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1South Africa2,209.1Hours
2Mexico2,143.4Hours
3Poland2,050.4Hours
4Greece2,030.1Hours
5Chile1,974.0Hours
6Russian Federation1,974.0Hours
7Israel1,920.6Hours
8Latvia1,902.5Hours
9Lithuania1,885.0Hours
10Iceland1,883.0Hours
11Portugal1,864.6Hours
12Estonia1,855.2Hours
13Türkiye1,832.0Hours
14Czech Republic1,778.4Hours
15Hungary1,759.4Hours
16New Zealand1,752.0Hours
17United States of America1,741.5Hours
18Slovakia1,740.0Hours
19Ireland1,738.7Hours
20Australia1,731.3Hours
21Italy1,725.1Hours
22Japan1,713.0Hours
23Canada1,703.0Hours
24Spain1,701.4Hours
25United Kingdom1,672.7Hours
26Slovenia1,666.9Hours
27Finland1,634.9Hours
28Sweden1,626.5Hours
29Austria1,609.4Hours
30Switzerland1,589.7Hours
31Belgium1,545.8Hours
32Luxembourg1,519.5Hours
33France1,502.7Hours
34Netherlands1,436.7Hours
35Norway1,429.5Hours
36Denmark1,409.0Hours
37Germany1,355.5Hours
Showing 37 of 37 countries

Topics

#demographic#hours#average#worked#per#person#employed

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2017).

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