Which country has the highest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO?

Bhutan has the highest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO in 2026, at 54.68, followed by Lesotho (49.98) and Sao Tome and Principe (49).

Which country has the lowest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO?

Yemen has the lowest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO in 2026, at 22.95.

What is the median Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO across countries?

The median is 38.9 across the 183 countries with data in 2026.

Where does this hardest working countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex -- ILO modelled estimates - ILOSTAT; Hours Worked: Average annual hours actually worked - OECD; Hours Worked - OECD; Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States - FRED.

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Hardest Working Countries

Name: Hardest Working Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Bhutan has the highest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO in 2026 (54.68), followed by Lesotho (49.98) and Sao Tome and Principe (49). Yemen has the lowest (22.95).

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Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 183 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

38.9

Middle half 34.89 – 42.39

Average

38.67

183 countries

Highest

54.68

Bhutan

Lowest

22.95

Yemen

Over time · 2005–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

Median of all countries
Bhutan
Lesotho
Sao Tome and Principe
Republic of the Congo
Jordan

Data

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183 countries · # = rank by Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO

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1	Bhutan	54.68	55.3	53.77
2	Lesotho	49.98	51.39	48.08
3	Sao Tome and Principe	49	47.89	50.12
4	Republic of the Congo	48.86	49.37	48.3
5	Jordan	48.49	48.82	46.99
6	United Arab Emirates	48.29	48.25	48.42
7	Burkina Faso	48.19	50.88	45.06
8	Liberia	48.12	49.59	46.51
9	Pakistan	47.63	51.29	35.05
10	Mongolia	46.58	49.24	43.21
11	Bangladesh	46.55	53.17	33.73
12	Cape Verde	46.21	47.93	44
13	Cambodia	46.18	46.41	45.94
14	Iran	45.98	47.9	35.51
15	Maldives	45.83	48.81	36.13
16	Kuwait	45.75	46.81	42.15
17	India	45.69	49.69	35.6
18	Senegal	45.64	48.83	40.1
19	Macau	45.56	45.19	45.91
20	Qatar	45.18	44.74	47.15
21	Samoa	45.1	45.49	44.39
22	Equatorial Guinea	44.82	46.81	41.78
23	Brunei	44.75	45.57	43.5
24	Singapore	44.63	46.53	42.21
25	China	44.6	44.78	44.39
26	Malaysia	44.52	45.21	43.35
27	Zimbabwe	44.43	47.28	41.52
28	Honduras	44.2	44.75	43.17
29	Morocco	44.2	46.89	34.66
30	Tunisia	44.14	44.97	42.02
31	Egypt	44.11	45.11	39.83
32	Oman	44.05	44.65	40.3
33	Mali	43.74	47.49	37.85
34	Montenegro	43.48	44.16	42.68
35	Jamaica	43.45	44.55	42.14
36	Guyana	43.29	46.25	39.57
37	Botswana	43.29	45.17	40.96
38	Algeria	43.25	44.64	35.58
39	Hong Kong	42.99	43.54	42.47
40	Sierra Leone	42.94	45.07	40.74
41	Guinea-Bissau	42.93	45.86	39.77
42	Angola	42.88	44.12	41.59
43	El Salvador	42.87	44.17	41.09
44	Turkey	42.78	44.4	39.55
45	Zambia	42.49	44.81	39.79
46	Libya	42.43	43.96	39.06
47	Colombia	42.35	44.76	38.83
48	Western Sahara	42.32	44.07	36.15
49	Gabon	42.3	44.2	38.89
50	Cameroon	42.29	44.39	39.58
51	Thailand	42.15	42.25	42.04
52	Myanmar	42.14	43.13	40.51
53	Namibia	42.07	43.42	40.66
54	Benin	42.05	43.5	40.58
55	Costa Rica	41.99	45.08	37.42
56	North Korea	41.84	44.46	39.01
57	Vietnam	41.74	42.55	40.9
58	Uganda	41.69	42.79	40.49
59	Laos	41.51	41.83	41.15
60	Turkmenistan	41.49	43.98	38.79
61	Ivory Coast	41.47	43.67	38.57
62	Haiti	41.46	41.58	41.32
63	Guatemala	41.38	44.42	35.05
64	Albania	41.37	43.25	39.21
65	Paraguay	41.32	44.22	37.28
66	Eswatini	41.2	43.43	38.76
67	Nepal	41.13	44.23	35.93
68	Mexico	41.07	43.93	36.83
69	South Africa	41.06	42.89	38.9
70	Tajikistan	41	43.8	34.63
71	Burundi	40.97	41.84	40.15
72	Uzbekistan	40.95	43.5	36.27
73	Papua New Guinea	40.83	43.24	38.22
74	Cuba	40.82	43.18	37.11
75	Saudi Arabia	40.77	41.61	36.92
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.77	41.22	40.12
77	Guinea	40.76	43.01	37.59
78	Saint Lucia	40.29	41.13	39.29
79	Bahrain	40.17	41.28	35.96
80	Suriname	40.13	43.17	35.72
81	Tanzania	40.05	44.01	35.87
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40.04	43.07	36.21
83	Belize	40.02	42.1	36.51
84	Niger	39.97	44.32	34.64
85	Central African Republic	39.94	42.4	37.24
86	Eritrea	39.81	42.33	36.99
87	Philippines	39.76	40.02	39.4
88	Mauritania	39.53	40.65	37.12
89	Nigeria	39.52	42.6	36.2
90	Sri Lanka	39.46	40.83	36.65
91	Dominican Republic	39.13	41.28	36.04
92	Taiwan	38.9	41.2	36.07
93	Kenya	38.88	42.55	34.72
94	Romania	38.48	39.12	37.61
95	Kyrgyzstan	38.45	40.46	35.36
96	Puerto Rico	38.31	39.31	37.15
97	Trinidad and Tobago	38.29	39.54	36.56
98	Armenia	38.28	42.91	32.95
99	Mauritius	38.28	39.61	36.27
100	Greece	38.26	40.57	35.23
101	Russia	38.19	39.2	37.14
102	Venezuela	38.19	39.06	36.65
103	Brazil	38.06	39.89	35.62
104	Kazakhstan	37.96	39.31	36.49
105	Guam	37.93	40.36	35
106	Peru	37.92	40.61	34.63
107	Bolivia	37.89	41.06	34.25
108	Togo	37.87	40.72	34.88
109	Gambia	37.84	44.15	31.19
110	Indonesia	37.63	39.54	34.74
111	Bulgaria	37.6	38.24	36.87
112	Georgia	37.53	41.05	33.87
113	Comoros	37.42	38.99	35.3
114	Moldova	37.36	39.63	35.54
115	South Korea	37.29	39.86	34.08
116	Serbia	37.22	38.95	35.27
117	North Macedonia	37.19	38.04	36.08
118	Ecuador	37.15	40.96	31.6
119	Fiji	37.14	37.41	36.61
120	Bahamas	36.64	37.7	35.6
121	Chile	36.38	38.51	33.53
122	Poland	36.31	38.32	33.97
123	United States	36.27	38.21	33.95
124	Belarus	36.02	38.18	33.82
125	Panama	36	37.28	34.15
126	DR Congo	35.92	36.28	35.54
127	Nicaragua	35.91	39.88	29.93
128	United States Virgin Islands	35.76	38.59	33.11
129	Afghanistan	35.6	36.74	17.19
130	Cyprus	35.41	37.08	33.38
131	Lithuania	35.36	37.07	33.58
132	French Polynesia	35.33	37.59	32.44
133	New Caledonia	35.33	36.92	33.44
134	Latvia	34.99	36.44	33.56
135	Israel	34.96	38.43	31.25
136	Argentina	34.95	38.58	30.07
137	Solomon Islands	34.94	35.25	34.61
138	Hungary	34.84	36.76	32.67
139	Madagascar	34.75	36.78	32.6
140	Switzerland	34.61	38.67	30.05
141	Czechia	34.49	36.49	32.04
142	Azerbaijan	34.48	35.57	33.35
143	Barbados	34.47	36.39	32.51
144	Italy	33.9	36.9	29.77
145	Slovakia	33.88	36.36	31.08
146	Croatia	33.86	35.11	32.49
147	Malta	33.74	35.75	30.97
148	Uruguay	33.68	36.64	30.11
149	Timor-Leste	33.59	34.39	32.64
150	New Zealand	33.48	36.15	30.52
151	Portugal	33.46	35.32	31.56
152	Slovenia	33.3	34.85	31.42
153	Ghana	32.69	34.74	30.42
154	Mozambique	32.49	35.8	29.36
155	Iceland	32.37	35.9	28.18
156	Luxembourg	32.14	34.32	29.62
157	Spain	31.95	34.24	29.28
158	Canada	31.86	34.65	28.78
159	Estonia	31.6	33.57	29.62
160	Belgium	31.43	34.52	27.92
161	Australia	31.29	33.94	28.38
162	United Kingdom	31.17	34.48	27.58
163	Japan	31.1	33.73	27.97
164	Ethiopia	31.08	33.26	28.16
165	France	30.87	33.39	28.2
166	Tonga	30.77	30.74	30.8
167	Malawi	30.76	34	27.23
168	Djibouti	30.76	31.9	27.72
169	Chad	30.55	33.43	26.25
170	Somalia	30.5	31.32	28.46
171	Ireland	30.45	34.38	26.01
172	Iraq	30.34	31.93	17.22
173	Germany	29.66	33.28	25.53
174	Rwanda	29.3	31.76	26.43
175	Sweden	29.2	31.15	27.05
176	Austria	29.15	32.7	25.14
177	Finland	29.1	31.5	26.54
178	Denmark	28.91	31.38	26.15
179	Vanuatu	28.31	27.87	28.85
180	Syria	27.9	29.44	18.97
181	Norway	26.58	28.65	24.27
182	Netherlands	26.57	30.09	22.61
183	Yemen	22.95	23.45	14.85

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Opposite directions

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO?: Bhutan has the highest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO in 2026, at 54.68, followed by Lesotho (49.98) and Sao Tome and Principe (49).
Which country has the lowest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO?: Yemen has the lowest Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO in 2026, at 22.95.
What is the median Avg Weekly Hours Worked ILO across countries?: The median is 38.9 across the 183 countries with data in 2026.
Where does this hardest working countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex -- ILO modelled estimates - ILOSTAT; Hours Worked: Average annual hours actually worked - OECD; Hours Worked - OECD; Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States - FRED.