Countries by Average Weekly Work Hours

Complete ranking of 179 countries • hours/week • Updated 2026

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Top 10 Countries

1st

Bhutan54.42

2nd

United Arab Emirates50.82

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Average Weekly Work Hours ranking for 179 countries
				Percentile
1st	Bhutan	54.42	Asia	100%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	50.82	Asia	99%
3rd	Sudan	50.72	Africa	99%
4th	Lesotho	49.26	Africa	98%
5th	Congo	48.6	Africa	98%
6th	Senegal	48.31	Africa	97%
7th	Jordan	48.13	Asia	97%
8th	Qatar	48	Asia	96%
9th	Liberia	47.64	Africa	96%
10th	Mauritania	47.59	Africa	95%
11th	Lebanon	47.57	Asia	94%
12th	Iran	46.78	Asia	94%
13th	Pakistan	46.77	Asia	93%
14th	Bangladesh	46.73	Asia	93%
15th	Mongolia	46.72	Asia	92%
16th	Maldives	46.48	Asia	92%
17th	Burkina Faso	46.3	Africa	91%
18th	Brunei	46.29	Asia	91%
19th	Zimbabwe	46.16	Africa	90%
20th	China	46.1	Asia	89%
21st	Macao	46	Asia	89%
22nd	India	45.45	Asia	88%
23rd	Cabo Verde	45.26	Africa	88%
24th	Egypt	45.12	Africa	87%
25th	Namibia	44.91	Africa	87%
26th	Malaysia	44.7	Asia	86%
27th	Guyana	44.65	North America	85%
28th	Myanmar	44.65	Asia	85%
29th	Uganda	44.44	Africa	84%
30th	Morocco	44	Africa	84%
31st	Honduras	43.71	North America	83%
32nd	Algeria	43.7	Africa	83%
33rd	Jamaica	43.63	North America	82%
34th	Angola	43.29	Africa	82%
35th	Tunisia	43.26	Africa	81%
36th	Sri Lanka	43.02	Asia	80%
37th	Hong Kong	43	Asia	80%
38th	Guinea-Bissau	42.99	Africa	79%
39th	Botswana	42.92	Africa	79%
40th	Zambia	42.91	Africa	78%
41st	Costa Rica	42.88	North America	78%
42nd	Montenegro	42.86	Europe	77%
43rd	El Salvador	42.8	North America	77%
44th	Colombia	42.77	North America	76%
45th	Eswatini	42.74	Africa	75%
46th	Côte d'Ivoire	42.61	Africa	75%
47th	Singapore	42.6	Asia	74%
48th	Thailand	42.53	Asia	74%
49th	Cambodia	42.49	Asia	73%
50th	Grenada	42.42	North America	73%
51st	South Africa	42.39	Africa	72%
52nd	Mali	42.29	Africa	72%
53rd	Falkland Islands	42.2	South America	71%
54th	Mexico	42.09	North America	70%
55th	Guatemala	42	North America	70%
56th	Cayman Islands	42	North America	69%
57th	Turkey	42	Europe	69%
58th	Haiti	41.94	North America	68%
59th	Palestine	41.9	Asia	68%
60th	Vietnam	41.85	Asia	67%
61st	Bermuda	41.8	North America	66%
62nd	Paraguay	41.79	South America	66%
63rd	Gambia	41.57	Africa	65%
64th	Benin	41.55	Africa	65%
65th	Laos	41.53	Asia	64%
66th	Yemen	41.5	Asia	64%
67th	Albania	41.33	Europe	63%
68th	Sierra Leone	41.15	Africa	63%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.04	Europe	62%
70th	Nepal	41.04	Asia	61%
71st	Cuba	41	North America	61%
72nd	Seychelles	40.99	Africa	60%
73rd	Tanzania	40.72	Africa	60%
74th	Antigua and Barbuda	40.57	North America	59%
75th	Dominican Republic	40.42	North America	59%
76th	Serbia	40.37	Europe	58%
77th	Tajikistan	40.29	Asia	58%
78th	Burundi	40.27	Africa	57%
79th	Jersey	40	Europe	56%
80th	Philippines	39.99	Asia	56%
81st	Palau	39.92	Oceania	55%
82nd	Georgia	39.91	Europe	55%
83rd	Samoa	39.8	Oceania	54%
84th	Saint Lucia	39.75	North America	54%
85th	Niger	39.72	Africa	53%
86th	Peru	39.67	South America	53%
87th	Afghanistan	39.6	Asia	52%
88th	Kenya	39.56	Africa	51%
89th	Greece	39.52	Europe	51%
90th	Aruba	39.43	North America	50%
91st	Moldova	39.42	Europe	50%
92nd	North Macedonia	39.39	Europe	49%
93rd	Belarus	39.1	Europe	49%
94th	Belize	39	North America	48%
95th	Ukraine	39	Europe	47%
96th	Montserrat	38.99	North America	47%
97th	Russia	38.99	Europe	46%
98th	Chile	38.94	South America	46%
99th	Brazil	38.86	South America	45%
100th	Armenia	38.8	Europe	45%
101st	Kyrgyzstan	38.66	Asia	44%
102nd	Venezuela	38.65	North America	44%
103rd	Bulgaria	38.6	Europe	43%
104th	Poland	38.5	Europe	42%
105th	South Korea	38.49	Asia	42%
106th	Indonesia	38.36	Asia	41%
107th	Mauritius	38.34	Africa	41%
108th	Romania	38.2	Europe	40%
109th	Lithuania	38.1	Europe	40%
110th	Kazakhstan	38	Asia	39%
111st	Marshall Islands	37.9	Oceania	39%
112nd	Slovenia	37.9	Europe	38%
113rd	Comoros	37.75	Africa	37%
114th	Israel	37.74	Asia	37%
115th	Bahamas	37.65	North America	36%
116th	Latvia	37.6	Europe	36%
117th	United States	37.54	North America	35%
118th	Bolivia	37.52	South America	35%
119th	Croatia	37.5	Europe	34%
120th	Cyprus	37.4	Europe	34%
121st	Slovakia	37.4	Europe	33%
122nd	Fiji	37.33	Oceania	32%
123rd	Mozambique	37.23	Africa	32%
124th	Malta	37.2	Europe	31%
125th	New Caledonia	37.2	Oceania	31%
126th	Portugal	37.2	Europe	30%
127th	Czechia	37.1	Europe	30%
128th	Hungary	37.1	Europe	29%
129th	Uruguay	36.84	South America	28%
130th	Tuvalu	36.83	Oceania	28%
131st	Curaçao	36.6	North America	27%
132nd	Japan	36.6	Asia	27%
133rd	Argentina	36.45	South America	26%
134th	Nicaragua	36.45	North America	26%
135th	Iceland	36.32	Europe	25%
136th	Spain	36.1	Europe	25%
137th	Panama	36.01	North America	24%
138th	Italy	36	Europe	23%
139th	Puerto Rico	35.79	North America	23%
140th	Ghana	35.53	Africa	22%
141st	Estonia	35.5	Europe	22%
142nd	Switzerland	35.3	Europe	21%
143rd	France	35.3	Europe	21%
144th	Luxembourg	35.3	Europe	20%
145th	Madagascar	35.03	Africa	20%
146th	Isle of Man	35	Europe	19%
147th	Timor-Leste	34.93	Asia	18%
148th	United Kingdom	34.92	Europe	18%
149th	Canada	34.8	North America	17%
150th	Solomon Islands	34.6	Oceania	17%
151st	Cook Islands	34.45	Oceania	16%
152nd	Nauru	34.44	Oceania	16%
153rd	Azerbaijan	34.43	Europe	15%
154th	Ireland	34.3	Europe	15%
155th	Sweden	34.2	Europe	14%
156th	Ecuador	34.13	South America	13%
157th	Somalia	33.94	Africa	13%
158th	Belgium	33.8	Europe	12%
159th	Niue	33.61	Oceania	12%
160th	Finland	33.6	Europe	11%
161st	Congo, Democratic Republic	33.54	Africa	11%
162nd	Nigeria	33.5	Africa	10%
163rd	Austria	33.46	Europe	9%
164th	Germany	33.2	Europe	9%
165th	Réunion	33.02	Africa	8%
166th	New Zealand	33	Oceania	8%
167th	Norway	32.7	Europe	7%
168th	Denmark	32.4	Europe	7%
169th	Australia	32.29	Oceania	6%
170th	Ethiopia	31.92	Africa	6%
171st	Tonga	31.8	Oceania	5%
172nd	Wallis and Futuna	31.8	Oceania	4%
173rd	Iraq	31.71	Asia	4%
174th	Micronesia	30.37	Oceania	3%
175th	Netherlands	30.3	Europe	3%
176th	Rwanda	29.2	Africa	2%
177th	Malawi	28.03	Africa	2%
178th	Kiribati	27.71	Oceania	1%
179th	Vanuatu	24.7	Oceania	1%

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