Time spent commuting by men and women in OECD countries 2016

This statistic provides a comparison of the average amount of time spent travelling to and from paid work or study by both men and women in OECD member countries as well as China, India and South Africa. As of 2016, the average man in China spent 56 minutes per day travelling for work and study while for women the average was 38 minutes.

Average minutes per day spent travelling to paid work or study by men and women in OECD countries plus China, India and South Africa, as of 2016

Latest available time period in brackets	Male	Female
China (2008)	56	38
Turkey (2006)	52	28
Korea (2009)	74	-
Mexico (2009)	49	24
South Africa (2010)	44	29
Japan (2011)	50	21
Italy (2008)	43	25
India (1999)	44	18
Canada (2010)	36	25
Hungary (1999-2000)	32	28
Norway (2010)	33	26
Estonia (2009-2010)	30	29
Austria (2008-09)	34	25

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Release date

March 2016

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Region

China, India, South Africa, OECD

Survey time period

1999 to 2014

Age group

15-64

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on numbers collated by the OECD from the various national time use surveys of the countries included in the statistic.

Data are normalized to 1440 minutes per day. In other words, for those countries for which the time use does not sum up to 1440 minutes, the missing minutes are equally distributed across all activities.

Age group is 15-64 for all countries but Australia (15+), Hungary (15-74), Sweden (25-64) and China (15-74).

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