48 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: hours per week. World ranking →
Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Bhutan (54.7 h) and the lowest in Yemen (23.6 h).
The median country is at 41.6 h: half are above, half below.
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| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 54.7 | |
| 2 | Jordan | 48.5 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 48.3 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 47.6 | |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 46.6 | |
| 6 | Mongolia | 46.5 | |
| 7 | Cambodia | 46.2 | |
| 8 | Iran | 46.0 | |
| 9 | Maldives | 45.8 | |
| 10 | Kuwait | 45.8 | |
| 11 | India | 45.7 | |
| 12 | Macao | 45.6 | |
| 13 | Qatar | 45.2 | |
| 14 | Brunei | 44.8 | |
| 15 | Singapore | 44.6 | |
| 16 | China | 44.6 | |
| 17 | Malaysia | 44.5 | |
| 18 | Oman | 44.1 | |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 43.0 | |
| 20 | Türkiye | 42.7 | |
| 21 | Thailand | 42.1 | |
| 22 | North Korea | 41.8 | |
| 23 | Vietnam | 41.8 | |
| 24 | Myanmar | 41.7 | |
| 25 | Laos | 41.5 | |
| 26 | Turkmenistan | 41.5 | |
| 27 | Nepal | 41.1 | |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 41.0 | |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 41.0 | |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 40.8 | |
| 31 | Bahrain | 40.2 | |
| 32 | Philippines | 39.8 | |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 39.5 | |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.5 | |
| 35 | Armenia | 38.2 | |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 37.9 | |
| 37 | Indonesia | 37.6 | |
| 38 | Georgia | 37.5 | |
| 39 | South Korea | 37.3 | |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 35.6 | |
| 41 | Cyprus | 35.4 | |
| 42 | Israel | 35.0 | |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 34.5 | |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 33.6 | |
| 45 | Japan | 31.1 | |
| 46 | Iraq | 30.3 | |
| 47 | Syria | 28.5 | |
| 48 | Yemen | 23.6 |
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