In 2023, the actual weekly working time for people aged 20 to 64 in their main job in the EU was 36.1 hours on average, but with large differences between member states, official data show European statistics Eurostat, cited by BNR.
The longest working weeks last year were reported in Greece (39.8 hours), Romania (39.5 hours), Poland (39.3 hours) and Bulgaria (39.0 hours, which, however, represents a decrease from working week of 40.2 hours in 2022).
In contrast, the shortest working week in 2023 was in the Netherlands (just 32.2 hours), followed by Austria (33.6) and Germany (34.0 hours).
The economic activities registering the longest working week in the EU in 2023 are agriculture, forestry and fishing (41.5 real working hours), mining (39.1 hours) and construction (38 .9 hours), while the shortest work weeks were recorded in education (31.9 hours) and arts, entertainment and recreation (33.0 hours).