Overworked: Which Europeans have the longest working week?

EU citizens work an average of 36 hours a week, but the rate is much higher in some countries.

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00:00Who works the longest hours in Europe?

00:07Over 7% of workers in the EU put in long hours last year.

00:14Working long hours means doing 49 hours a week or more according to Eurostat.

00:22Self-employed are far more likely to work long hours compared to employees.

00:28In the EU, Greece has the highest share of people working at least 49 hours a week followed by Cyprus and France.

00:39Turkey, however, has the highest share of all countries analysed, 27.2% followed by Iceland.

00:49Turkey also has the longest average working week at 44.2 hours followed by Serbia.

00:57Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece.

01:00The average for the EU is 36.1 hours.

01:05On the other hand, the shortest working weeks are in the Netherlands, 32.2 hours, Austria, 33.6 hours and Germany, 34 hours.

01:18The jobs with the longest weeks are predominantly manual, agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining and quarrying and construction.