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Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older by country

Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job, for women ages 15+. Estimates correspond to total declared employment. This includes part-time and full-time employment, as well as self-employment and dependent employment.

Countries reporting
42
Highest
41.49 Hours
Türkiye
Lowest
24.83 Hours
Netherlands
Median
35.83 Hours
Years covered
34
1983–2016
Data points
922

What the numbers show

Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 41.49 Hours in Türkiye; the lowest is 24.83 Hours in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.83 Hours, and the mean is 35.68 Hours.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 3.7%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 8.4%).

Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 41.49 Hours 2016 down 7.4% falling
2 North Macedonia 41.03 Hours 2016 down 4.3% flat
3 South Africa 40.91 Hours 2016 down 4.6% flat
4 Bulgaria 40.51 Hours 2016 down 0.8% flat
5 Colombia 39.76 Hours 2016 down 5.8% flat
6 Romania 39.31 Hours 2016 down 1.3% flat
7 Greece 39.25 Hours 2016 down 0.5% falling
8 Hungary 39 Hours 2016 down 1.0% flat
9 Poland 38.75 Hours 2016 up 1.7% flat
10 Croatia 38.56 Hours 2016 down 0.9% flat
11 Czechia 38.41 Hours 2016 down 2.7% flat
12 Mexico 38.37 Hours 2016 up 0.3% flat
13 Costa Rica 38.34 Hours 2016 down 0.1% flat
14 Slovenia 38.14 Hours 2016 down 2.4% falling
15 Chile 38.14 Hours 2016 down 8.4% falling
16 Portugal 38.1 Hours 2016 up 2.7% falling
17 Latvia 37.98 Hours 2016 down 4.7% falling
18 Lithuania 37.85 Hours 2016 down 0.4% flat
19 Cyprus 37.35 Hours 2016 down 0.7% flat
20 Estonia 37.11 Hours 2016 down 2.9% flat
21 Israel 36.64 Hours 2016 up 2.9% flat
22 Malta 35.02 Hours 2016 down 1.1% flat
23 Iceland 34.93 Hours 2016 down 0.7% flat
24 Brazil 34.89 Hours 2015 down 0.1% flat
25 Spain 34.74 Hours 2016 down 2.7% falling
26 Finland 34.61 Hours 2016 down 3.5% flat
27 Sweden 34.51 Hours 2016 up 1.0% flat
28 France 34.4 Hours 2016 down 0.2% falling
29 Luxembourg 34.12 Hours 2016 up 1.7% falling
30 OECD 33.92 Hours 2016 down 0.9% falling
31 Belgium 33.17 Hours 2016 up 2.5% falling
32 New Zealand 33.09 Hours 2016 up 1.7% flat
33 Italy 32.77 Hours 2016 down 3.6% falling
34 Austria 31.9 Hours 2016 down 5.5% falling
35 United Kingdom 31.88 Hours 2016 up 1.8% rising
36 Norway 31.76 Hours 2016 up 3.7% flat
37 Ireland 31.68 Hours 2016 down 0.3% falling
38 Australia 31.08 Hours 2016 down 0.2% flat
39 Denmark 30.62 Hours 2016 down 4.8% flat
40 Germany 30.55 Hours 2016 up 1.2% falling
41 Switzerland 29.18 Hours 2016 up 0.7% flat
42 Netherlands 24.83 Hours 2016 up 2.1% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Average usual weekly hours worked, women 15 years and older
Unit
Hours
Source
OECD (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
42 places, 922 data points, 1983–2016
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Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job, for women ages 15+. Estimates correspond to total declared employment. This includes part-time and full-time employment, as well as self-employment and dependent employment.