UK overall weekly hours of work 2024

The overall weekly hours of work in the United Kingdom plummeted from over one billion hours in the first quarter of January 2020 to just 848 million in the second quarter of 2020, which was the lowest level seen since the middle of 1994. In the most recent quarter, the overall weekly hours of work amounted to almost 1.07 billion hours.

Overall weekly hours worked for all employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 2nd quarter 2024 (in million hours worked)

Characteristic	Overall weekly hours of work in millions
Q3 2024	1,069
Q2 2024	1,059.5
Q1 2024	1,056.3
Q4 2023	1,046.6
Q3 2023	1,042.9
Q2 2023	1,046.4
Q1 2023	1,052
Q4 2022	1,035.6
Q3 2022	1,038.5
Q2 2022	1,043.1
Q1 2022	1,043.5
Q4 2021	1,029.8
Q3 2021	1,029.4
Q2 2021	1,003.2
Q1 2021	952.2
Q4 2020	968.1
Q3 2020	915.9
Q2 2020	848.4
Q1 2020	1,032.7
Q4 2019	1,050.1
Q3 2019	1,052.6
Q2 2019	1,052.6
Q1 2019	1,052.9
Q4 2018	1,042
Q3 2018	1,042.7
Q2 2018	1,033.6
Q1 2018	1,031.9
Q4 2017	1,026.9
Q3 2017	1,024.5
Q2 2017	1,034.8
Q1 2017	1,029.3
Q4 2016	1,022.9
Q3 2016	1,018.9
Q2 2016	1,016.5
Q1 2016	1,013.9
Q4 2015	1,019
Q3 2015	999.3
Q2 2015	999
Q1 2015	1,000.3
Q4 2014	997.5
Q3 2014	991.6
Q2 2014	988.4
Q1 2014	978.9
Q4 2013	970.1
Q3 2013	968.4
Q2 2013	957.1
Q1 2013	954.5
Q4 2012	953.7
Q3 2012	950.8
Q2 2012	941.3
Q1 2012	934.9
Q4 2011	926
Q3 2011	927
Q2 2011	921.4
Q1 2011	931.3
Q4 2010	930.9
Q3 2010	926.9
Q2 2010	922.3
Q1 2010	914.4
Q4 2009	915.6
Q3 2009	915.2
Q2 2009	920.1
Q1 2009	923.5
Q4 2008	939.5
Q3 2008	945.2
Q2 2008	944.6
Q1 2008	955.1
Q4 2007	943.1
Q3 2007	943.1
Q2 2007	941.2
Q1 2007	937.1
Q4 2006	935.6
Q3 2006	931.8
Q2 2006	930.5
Q1 2006	931.7
Q4 2005	929.3
Q3 2005	929.5
Q2 2005	922.9
Q1 2005	923.8
Q4 2004	923
Q3 2004	911.9
Q2 2004	909.8
Q1 2004	913.1
Q4 2003	903.9
Q3 2003	908.3
Q2 2003	907.2
Q1 2003	904.6
Q4 2002	905.3
Q3 2002	903.9
Q2 2002	897.4
Q1 2002	901.5
Q4 2001	903.5
Q3 2001	904.9
Q2 2001	906.4
Q1 2001	900.5
Q4 2000	903.4
Q3 2000	896
Q2 2000	895.3
Q1 2000	884.4

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November 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q3 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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