Usual weekly working hours in France
Employed people in France usually worked 37.0 hours per week in their main job in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
France, 2025
37.0d (Definition differs)
Change from 2024
−0.1hours per week
European Union, 2025
37.0 hours per week
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
38.7 hours per week
Position in 2025
25th of 34
Usual weekly working hours in France over time
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Hours per week. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.0 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.0 hours per week |
| 2024 | 37.1 hours per weekbd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.1 hours per week |
| 2023 | 37.2 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.1 hours per week |
| 2022 | 37.2 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.3 hours per week |
| 2021 | 37.0 hours per weekbd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.2 hours per weekb (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 37.5 hours per week | 37.2 hours per week |
| 2019 | 37.5 hours per week | 37.3 hours per week |
| 2018 | 37.4 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2017 | 37.3 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2016 | 37.4 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2015 | 37.3 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2014 | 37.3 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2013 | 37.6 hours per week | 37.5 hours per week |
| 2012 | 37.9 hours per week | 37.6 hours per week |
| 2011 | 38.0 hours per week | 37.7 hours per week |
| 2010 | 38.0 hours per week | 37.9 hours per week |
| 2009 | 38.0 hours per week | 38.0 hours per week |
| 2008 | 38.1 hours per week | 38.1 hours per week |
Flags: b break in time series; bd break in time series, definition differs (see metadata); d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 37.1 hours per week in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 37.3 hours per week, the figure has changed by −0.3.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, France has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 37.0 hours per week.
More for France
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16.9%d (Definition differs)
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Labour productivity growth
1.5%p (Provisional)
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
7.7%d (Definition differs)
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
19.8%d (Definition differs)
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
1.8%d (Definition differs)
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
75.4%d (Definition differs)
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