Average weekly hours worked in main job in European countries 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 8, 2016
This statistic shows the average usual weekly hours worked in a main job in Europe in 2015, by country. Iceland had the highest amount of weekly hours worked, at 45.1 hours, Norway had the lowest, with an average of 38.9 hours in a full-time working week.

Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job in Europe in 2015, by country

CharacteristicAverage usual weekly hours
Iceland 45.1
Greece 44.5
Austria 42.9
Switzerland 42.9
United Kingdom 42.9
Portugal 42.4
Cyprus 42.3
Poland 42.2
Czechia 41.8
Slovenia 41.6
Slovakia 41.6
Belgium 41.4
Germany 41.4
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September 2016

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