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# Countries ranked by usual weekly working hours

Average usual weekly hours of full-time employees in their main job, from the Eurostat labour force survey and the OECD for destinations outside it. It is what full-time work usually takes, not the legal limit, and it says nothing about overtime pay.

- Canonical: /reports/countries-ranked-by-weekly-working-hours/
- Last checked: 2026-09-19

## Answers

### Greece

38.5 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Ireland

38.7 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Cyprus

39.7 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Latvia

39.7 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Austria

39.8 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Slovenia

39.8 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Netherlands

39.9 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Iceland

40.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Italy

40.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Romania

40.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Sweden

40.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Switzerland

40.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Belgium

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Croatia

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Denmark

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Malta

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Norway

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Poland

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Portugal

40.1 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Czechia

40.2 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### France

40.2 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Hungary

40.2 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Spain

40.2 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Bulgaria

40.3 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Estonia

40.7 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### United Kingdom

40.7 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Germany

40.8 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Australia

40.9 h/week
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### United States

41.0 h/week
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Finland

41.4 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Slovakia

41.6 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### New Zealand

41.7 h/week
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Luxembourg

42.0 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Lithuania

42.3 h/week
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### South Korea

43.4 h/week
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Japan

44.2 h/week
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile
- Checked: 2026-09-19

## Method

Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate usual_weekly_hours_full_time, then sort ascending.

## Sources

Eurostat lfsta_ewhuis — Usual weekly hours of work of full-time employees (sex total, 15-64, employees, main job) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsta_ewhuis?format=JSON&lang=EN&sex=T&age=Y15-64&wstatus=EMP&worktime=FT&isco08=TOTAL&unit=HR
OECD — Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job, full-time employees — https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_USL_WK_WKD,1.0/all?format=csvfile

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Countries ranked by usual weekly working hours [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9917e63ad2c45889eb2f40afd13b8159]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-weekly-working-hours/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_countries-ranked-by-usual-weekly-working-hours_1236e8030c35,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Countries ranked by usual weekly working hours},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {9917e63ad2c45889eb2f40afd13b8159},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-weekly-working-hours/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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