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Usual weekly working hours

34 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 37.3 h. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

44.1 h

Türkiye

EU average

37.3 h

27 member states

Median country

39.0 h

half above, half below

Range

33.0 to 44.1

Netherlands - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (44.1 h) and the lowest in Netherlands (33.0 h).

Half of the countries are above 39.0 h and half below.

The EU average is 37.3 h; 23 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 38.3 h in 2008 to 37.3 h in 2025.

Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by professional status, full-time/part-time employment and economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) (2008-2026)
Hour · Total - all NACE activities · Employed persons · Total · From 20 to 64 years · Total

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Working hours over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Türkiye in chart	1	Türkiye non-EU	44.1	+6.8
Serbia in chart	2	Serbia non-EU	41.7	+4.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	3	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	41.2	+3.9
Greece in chart	4	Greece	41.0	+3.7
North Macedonia in chart	5	North Macedonia non-EU	40.7	+3.4
Poland in chart	6	Poland	40.1	+2.8
Romania in chart	7	Romania	40.0	+2.7
Bulgaria in chart	8	Bulgaria	39.9	+2.6
Cyprus in chart	9	Cyprus	39.8	+2.5
Portugal in chart	10	Portugal	39.8	+2.5
Croatia in chart	11	Croatia	39.6	+2.3
Hungary in chart	12	Hungary	39.5	+2.2
Slovakia in chart	13	Slovakia	39.5	+2.2
Malta in chart	14	Malta	39.5	+2.2
Slovenia in chart	15	Slovenia	39.5	+2.2
Czechia in chart	16	Czechia	39.3	+2.0
Lithuania in chart	17	Lithuania	39.2	+1.9
Latvia in chart	18	Latvia	38.8	+1.5
Sweden in chart	19	Sweden	38.7	+1.4
Iceland in chart	20	Iceland non-EU	38.7	+1.4
Luxembourg in chart	21	Luxembourg	38.0	+0.7
Estonia in chart	22	Estonia	37.9	+0.6
Spain in chart	23	Spain	37.6	+0.3
Italy in chart	24	Italy	37.3	0
France in chart	25	France	37.2	−0.1
Belgium in chart	26	Belgium	36.5	−0.8
Finland in chart	27	Finland	36.4	−0.9
Ireland in chart	28	Ireland	36.3	−1.0
Austria in chart	29	Austria	35.9	−1.4
Norway in chart	30	Norway non-EU	35.8	−1.5
Switzerland in chart	31	Switzerland non-EU	35.8	−1.5
Germany in chart	32	Germany	35.0	−2.3
Denmark in chart	33	Denmark	34.6	−2.7
Netherlands in chart	34	Netherlands	33.0	−4.3

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