This statistic displays the average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender. It shows that on average in the Netherlands men worked more hours than women.
Average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender
Characteristic
Average
Men
Women
Per job per week including overtime
29.4
33.2
25.4
Per job per week excluding overtime
29.1
32.7
25.3
Per job per year
1,336
1,506
1,156
Per working year
1,766
1,795
1,727
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05001,0001,5002,000
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*Figures are provisional.
The source adds: "The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week. There is a distinction between weekly working hours and yearly working hours. Weekly working hours are calculated by the average hours paid for a job divided by 52. The hours paid include hours leave, paid overtime hours and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours.
Also the weekly working hours without overtime is been determined. The yearly working hours of a job is the average hours paid for a job a year excluded overtime hours and leave hours through holiday, reduction of
working hours and general recognized feast-days.
For the yearly working hours of a year of employment this yearly average is determined for a year of employment instead for a job."
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (April 19, 2023). Average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/538555/average-working-hours-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender." Chart. April 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/538555/average-working-hours-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/538555/average-working-hours-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Average Working Hours in The Netherlands in 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/538555/average-working-hours-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/538555/average-working-hours-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/ (last visited May 13, 2025)
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