Usual weekly working hours in United Kingdom
Employed people in United Kingdom usually worked 37.0 hours per week in their main job in 2019.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2025.
United Kingdom, 2019
37.0
Change from 2018
+0.1hours per week
European Union, 2019
37.3 hours per week
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
37.5 hours per week
Usual weekly working hours in United Kingdom over time
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Hours per week. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 37.0 hours per week |
| 2024 | – | 37.1 hours per week |
| 2023 | – | 37.1 hours per week |
| 2022 | – | 37.3 hours per week |
| 2021 | – | 37.2 hours per weekb (break in time series) |
| 2020 | – | 37.2 hours per week |
| 2019 | 37.0 hours per week | 37.3 hours per week |
| 2018 | 36.9 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2017 | 37.0 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2016 | 37.0 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2015 | 37.1 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2014 | 37.0 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week |
| 2013 | 36.8 hours per week | 37.5 hours per week |
| 2012 | 36.7 hours per week | 37.6 hours per week |
| 2011 | 36.7 hours per week | 37.7 hours per week |
| 2010 | 36.7 hours per week | 37.9 hours per week |
| 2009 | 36.8 hours per week | 38.0 hours per week |
| 2008 | 37.2 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 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 36.9 hours per week in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 36.8 hours per week, the figure has changed by +0.2.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 37.3 hours per week.
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Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
4.9%
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Monthly youth unemployment
14.5%
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4.7%
July 2026 · ONS
UK employment rate
75.3%
July 2026 · ONS
UK economic inactivity
20.9%
July 2026 · ONS