The statistic depicts how many hours employees work per week on average worldwide. Respondents from India work 42 hours per week on average.
How many hours per week do you typically work?
Characteristic
Average working hours per week
Singapore
44
India
42
Brazil
40
Mexico
40
U.S.
40
Worldwide
40
Japan
40
Argentina
40
Spain
40
Sweden
40
Germany
39
U.K.
37
France
37
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