Usual weekly working hours in Luxembourg

Employed people in Luxembourg usually worked 37.7 hours per week in their main job in 2025.

Measure: Usual weekly working hours Unit: Hours per week Data: 2008 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Luxembourg, 2025 37.7 Hours per week
Change from 2024 −0.1hours per week 2024: 37.8 hours per week
European Union, 2025 37.0 hours per week Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 38.7 hours per week Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 22nd of 34 See the full ranking

Usual weekly working hours in Luxembourg over time

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Hours per week. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Usual weekly working hours (hours per week), 2008 to 2025
Period LuxembourgEuropean Union
2025 37.7 hours per week 37.0 hours per week
2024 37.8 hours per week 37.1 hours per week
2023 37.9 hours per week 37.1 hours per week
2022 38.0 hours per week 37.3 hours per week
2021 38.1 hours per weekb (break in time series) 37.2 hours per weekb (break in time series)
2020 37.5 hours per week 37.2 hours per week
2019 37.9 hours per week 37.3 hours per week
2018 37.7 hours per week 37.4 hours per week
2017 37.4 hours per week 37.4 hours per week
2016 37.5 hours per week 37.4 hours per week
2015 37.5 hours per weekb (break in time series) 37.4 hours per week
2014 37.5 hours per week 37.4 hours per week
2013 37.3 hours per week 37.5 hours per week
2012 37.3 hours per week 37.6 hours per week
2011 37.1 hours per week 37.7 hours per week
2010 37.3 hours per week 37.9 hours per week
2009 37.3 hours per weekb (break in time series) 38.0 hours per week
2008 36.7 hours per week 38.1 hours per week

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 37.8 hours per week in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 37.5 hours per week, the figure has changed by +0.2. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Luxembourg has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 37.0 hours per week.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
lfsa_ewhun2 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y15-64 worktime=TOTAL wstatus=EMP nace_r2=TOTAL unit=HR
Observation period
2008 to 2025 for Luxembourg
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat