Euro Area - Hours worked per week of full-time employment

Euro Area - Hours worked per week of full-time employment was 40.20 Hour in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Hours worked per week of full-time employment - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Hours worked per week of full-time employment reached a record high of 41.40 Hour in December of 2011 and a record low of 40.20 Hour in December of 2024.



Hours Worked Per Week Of Full-time Employment
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Cyprus 41.60 41.60 Hour Dec 2024
Sweden 41.40 41.50 Hour Dec 2024
Malta 41.00 40.90 Hour Dec 2024
Czech Republic 40.80 40.80 Hour Dec 2024
Luxembourg 40.70 40.80 Hour Dec 2024
Slovakia 40.30 40.20 Hour Dec 2024
Ireland 39.70 40.00 Hour Dec 2024
Finland 39.00 38.80 Hour Dec 2024
Denmark 38.70 38.90 Hour Dec 2024

Euro Area | Labour
Activity rate
Activity rate: Females
Activity rate: From 15 to 24 years
Activity rate: From 15 to 64 years
Activity rate: From 20 to 64 years
Activity rate: From 25 to 54 years
Activity rate: From 55 to 64 years
Activity rate: Males
Activity rates by sex, age and citizenship (%)
Employed persons having more than one job
Employed persons having more than one job: Females
Employed persons having more than one job: Males
Employed persons with a second job: 15 years or over
Employed persons with a second job: 25 years or over
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 24 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 64 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 74 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 20 to 64 years
Employment in current job
Employment in current job: 60 months or over
Employment in current job: From 0 to 11 months
Employment in current job: From 12 to 23 months
Employment in current job: From 24 to 59 months
Employment in current job: No response
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: High and medium high-technology manufacturing
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: Total (aggregate changing according to the context)
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: Total knowledge-intensive services
Employment rate: From 15 to 24 years
Employment rate: From 15 to 64 years
Employment rate: From 20 to 64 years
Employment rate: From 25 to 54 years
Employment rate: From 55 to 64 years
Employment rate: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Employment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Employment rate: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Gender employment gap
Gender employment gap
Gender employment gap: Cities
Gender employment gap: No response
Gender employment gap: Rural areas
Gender employment gap: Towns and suburbs
Gender gap in part-time employment
Harmonised unemployment
Harmonised unemployment rate
Harmonised unemployment rate: Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years Males
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years Males
Harmonised unemployment rate: Males
Harmonised unemployment: Females
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years Females
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years Males
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years Females
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years Males
Harmonised unemployment: Males
Hours worked per week of full-time employment
Hours worked per week of part-time employment
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities: Females
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities: Males
Jobless households
Jobless households: Females
Jobless households: Males
Labour cost for LCI (compensation of employees plus taxes minus subsidies)
Labour cost index
Labour cost index: Accommodation and food service activities
Labour cost index: Administrative and support service activities
Labour cost index: Arts, entertainment and recreation
Labour cost index: Business economy
Labour cost index: Construction
Labour cost index: Education
Labour cost index: Financial and insurance activities
Labour cost index: Financial and insurance activities; real estate activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities
Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities
Labour cost index: Industry (except construction)
Labour cost index: Industry, construction and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)
Labour cost index: Information and communication
Labour cost index: Manufacturing
Labour cost index: Other service activities
Labour cost index: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Labour cost index: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Labour cost index: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities; arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities
Labour cost index: Real estate activities
Labour cost index: Services of the business economy
Labour cost index: Transportation and storage
Labour cost index: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Labour cost index: Wholesale and retail trade; transport; accommodation and food service activities; information and communication
Labour costs other than wages and salaries
Labour costs: Share of non-wage costs (%)
Labour costs: Wages and salaries (total)
Labour input: Employment (number of persons employed)
Labour input: Gross wages and salaries
Labour input: Volume of work done (hours worked)
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts: Females
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts: Males
Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data
People living in households with very low work intensity: Persons living in households with very low work intensity
Total unemployment rate
Unemployment by sex and age – monthly data
Unemployment by sex and age – monthly data
Unemployment rate: From 15 to 24 years
Unemployment rate: From 15 to 74 years
Unemployment rate: From 20 to 64 years
Unemployment rate: From 25 to 29 years
Unemployment rate: From 25 to 54 years
Unemployment rate: From 55 to 64 years
Unemployment rate: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Unemployment rate: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years Females
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years Males
Youth unemployment rate (15-24)

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