List of Countries by Workweek Time

Weekly working hours in all countries

This list shows the number of weekly hours each person works in each country.

Rank	Flag	Country or Area [source]	Workweek
1		Kenya	52.00
2		United Arab Emirates	48.00
2		Argentina	48.00
2		Bangladesh	48.00
2		Bahrain	48.00
2		Brunei Darussalam	48.00
2		Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	48.00
2		Botswana	48.00
2		Colombia	48.00
2		Costa Rica	48.00
2		Cyprus	48.00
2		Djibouti	48.00
2		Egypt	48.00
2		Ethiopia	48.00
2		Fiji	48.00
2		Gambia	48.00
2		Guinea	48.00
2		Equatorial Guinea	48.00
2		Guatemala	48.00
2		Haiti	48.00
2		India	48.00
2		Jordan	48.00
2		Cambodia	48.00
2		Kuwait	48.00
2		Lao People's Democratic Republic	48.00
2		Lebanon	48.00
2		Liechtenstein	48.00
2		Liberia	48.00
2		Mali	48.00
2		Maldives	48.00
2		Malawi	48.00
2		Mexico	48.00
2		Malaysia	48.00
2		Nicaragua	48.00
2		Nepal	48.00
2		Panama	48.00
2		Peru	48.00
2		Pakistan	48.00
2		Paraguay	48.00
2		Qatar	48.00
2		Saudi Arabia	48.00
2		Somalia	48.00
2		Eswatini	48.00
2		Thailand	48.00
2		Tunisia	48.00
2		Uruguay	48.00
2		Yemen	48.00
2		Zambia	48.00
49		Belize	45.00
49		Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.00
49		Chile	45.00
49		Guinea-Bissau	45.00
49		Sri Lanka	45.00
49		Lesotho	45.00
49		Mauritius	45.00
49		Namibia	45.00
49		Oman	45.00
49		State of Palestine	45.00
49		Rwanda	45.00
49		Solomon Islands	45.00
49		Suriname	45.00
49		Turkey	45.00
49		United Republic of Tanzania	45.00
49		South Africa	45.00
65		Eritrea	44.50
66		Angola	44.00
66		Brazil	44.00
66		Cuba	44.00
66		Cabo Verde	44.00
66		Dominican Republic	44.00
66		Honduras	44.00
66		Iran (Islamic Republic of)	44.00
66		Morocco	44.00
66		Myanmar	44.00
66		Papua New Guinea	44.00
66		Singapore	44.00
66		El Salvador	44.00
66		Timor-Leste	44.00
66		Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	44.00
80		Israel	42.00
81		Switzerland	41.70
82		Madagascar	41.00
83		Andorra	40.00
83		Afghanistan	40.00
83		Antigua and Barbuda	40.00
83		Albania	40.00
83		Armenia	40.00
83		Austria	40.00
83		Azerbaijan	40.00
83		Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.00
83		Barbados	40.00
83		Burkina Faso	40.00
83		Bulgaria	40.00
83		Burundi	40.00
83		Benin	40.00
83		Bahamas	40.00
83		Bhutan	40.00
83		Belarus	40.00
83		Canada	40.00
83		Central African Republic	40.00
83		Congo	40.00
83		Côte d’Ivoire	40.00
83		Cameroon	40.00
83		China	40.00
83		Czechia	40.00
83		Germany	40.00
83		Dominica	40.00
83		Algeria	40.00
83		Ecuador	40.00
83		Estonia	40.00
83		Spain	40.00
83		Finland	40.00
83		Micronesia (Federated States of)	40.00
83		Gabon	40.00
83		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	40.00
83		Grenada	40.00
83		Georgia	40.00
83		Guernsey	40.00
83		Ghana	40.00
83		Greece	40.00
83		Guyana	40.00
83		China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	40.00
83		Croatia	40.00
83		Hungary	40.00
83		Indonesia	40.00
83		Isle of Man	40.00
83		Iraq	40.00
83		Iceland	40.00
83		Italy	40.00
83		Jamaica	40.00
83		Japan	40.00
83		Kyrgyzstan	40.00
83		Kiribati	40.00
83		Comoros	40.00
83		Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.00
83		Republic of Korea	40.00
83		Kazakhstan	40.00
83		Saint Lucia	40.00
83		Lithuania	40.00
83		Luxembourg	40.00
83		Latvia	40.00
83		Libya	40.00
83		Republic of Moldova	40.00
83		Montenegro	40.00
83		Marshall Islands	40.00
83		North Macedonia	40.00
83		Mongolia	40.00
83		Mauritania	40.00
83		Malta	40.00
83		Mozambique	40.00
83		Niger	40.00
83		Nigeria	40.00
83		Netherlands	40.00
83		Nauru	40.00
83		New Zealand	40.00
83		Philippines	40.00
83		Poland	40.00
83		Portugal	40.00
83		Palau	40.00
83		Romania	40.00
83		Serbia	40.00
83		Russian Federation	40.00
83		Seychelles	40.00
83		Sudan	40.00
83		Sweden	40.00
83		Slovenia	40.00
83		Slovakia	40.00
83		Sierra Leone	40.00
83		Senegal	40.00
83		Syrian Arab Republic	40.00
83		Togo	40.00
83		Tajikistan	40.00
83		Turkmenistan	40.00
83		Tonga	40.00
83		Trinidad and Tobago	40.00
83		China, Taiwan Province of China	40.00
83		Ukraine	40.00
83		Uganda	40.00
83		United States of America	40.00
83		Uzbekistan	40.00
83		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40.00
83		Viet Nam	40.00
83		Vanuatu	40.00
83		Samoa	40.00
185		Ireland	39.00
185		Monaco	39.00
185		Chad	39.00
188		Australia	38.00
188		Belgium	38.00
190		Denmark	37.50
190		Norway	37.50
190		San Marino	37.50
193		France	35.00