Usual weekly working hours
The average number of hours employed people aged 15 to 64 usually work per week in their main job, full-time and part-time combined, from the EU Labour Force Survey.
Highest in 2025
44.0 hours per week
Türkiye
Lowest in 2025
31.5 hours per week
Netherlands
European Union, 2025
37.0 hours per week
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
34
Updated by the source on 30 October 2026
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
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Hours per week. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.0 hours per week | 34.8 hours per week | 37.0 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.5 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2024 | 37.1 hours per week | 34.9 hours per week | 37.1 hours per weekbd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.5 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2023 | 37.1 hours per week | 34.9 hours per week | 37.2 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.6 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2022 | 37.3 hours per week | 35.2 hours per week | 37.2 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.7 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2021 | 37.2 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 35.3 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 37.0 hours per weekbd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 37.4 hours per weekbd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2020 | 37.2 hours per week | 35.2 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 37.5 hours per week | 37.5 hours per week |
| 2019 | 37.3 hours per week | 35.3 hours per week | 37.5 hours per week | 37.5 hours per week |
| 2018 | 37.4 hours per week | 35.4 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week | 37.7 hours per week |
| 2017 | 37.4 hours per week | 35.4 hours per week | 37.3 hours per week | 37.7 hours per week |
| 2016 | 37.4 hours per week | 35.5 hours per week | 37.4 hours per week | 37.8 hours per week |
| 2015 | 37.4 hours per week | 35.5 hours per week | 37.3 hours per week | 37.8 hours per week |
| 2014 | 37.4 hours per week | 35.6 hours per week | 37.3 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 37.9 hours per week |
| 2013 | 37.5 hours per week | 35.6 hours per week | 37.6 hours per week | 38.0 hours per week |
| 2012 | 37.6 hours per week | 35.8 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 37.9 hours per week | 38.2 hours per week |
| 2011 | 37.7 hours per week | 35.8 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 38.0 hours per week | 38.5 hours per week |
| 2010 | 37.9 hours per week | 35.9 hours per weekb (break in time series) | 38.0 hours per week | 38.7 hours per week |
| 2009 | 38.0 hours per week | 35.9 hours per week | 38.0 hours per week | 38.9 hours per week |
| 2008 | 38.1 hours per week | 35.8 hours per week | 38.1 hours per week | 39.2 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
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Türkiye (44.0 hours per week) and the lowest Netherlands (31.5 hours per week).
- Half of the countries are above 39.0 hours per week and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 4 countries and fell in 20.
- The figure for the European Union was 37.0 hours per week in 2025, against 37.2 hours per week in 2020 (−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.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Türkiye 44.0 hours per week
- 2 Serbia 41.6 hours per week
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.2 hours per week
- 4 Greece 41.0 hours per week
- 5 North Macedonia 40.7 hours per week
- 6 Poland 40.0 hours per week
- 7 Romania 40.0 hours per week
- 8 Bulgaria 39.9 hours per week
- 9 Cyprus 39.7 hours per week
- 10 Portugal 39.7 hours per week
- 11 Croatia 39.6 hours per week
- 12 Hungary 39.5 hours per week
- 13 Slovakia 39.5 hours per week
- 14 Malta 39.3 hours per week
- 15 Slovenia 39.3 hours per week
- 16 Czechia 39.2 hours per week
- 17 Lithuania 39.2 hours per week
- 18 Latvia 38.7 hours per week
- 19 Sweden 38.1 hours per week
- 20 Estonia 37.7 hours per week
- 21 Iceland 37.7 hours per week
- 22 Luxembourg 37.7 hours per week
- 23 Spain 37.5 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata))
- 24 Italy 37.2 hours per week
- 25 France 37.0 hours per weekd (definition differs (see metadata))
- 26 Belgium 36.1 hours per week
- 27 Switzerland 35.9 hours per week
- 28 Austria 35.8 hours per week
- 29 Finland 35.8 hours per week
- 30 Ireland 35.7 hours per week
- 31 Germany 34.8 hours per week
- 32 Norway 34.8 hours per week
- 33 Denmark 33.6 hours per week
- 34 Netherlands 31.5 hours per week
- European Union 37.0 hours per week
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.