{"id":272413,"date":"2026-06-10T12:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=272413"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:07:42","slug":"which-countries-in-europe-work-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/272413\/","title":{"rendered":"Which countries in Europe work the most?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eurostat says people in some European countries work nearly eight hours more a week than those in others, Euronews<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

New Eurostat figures reveal stark differences in working hours across Europe.<\/p>\n

People in the EU work an average of 35.9 hours per week, according to the latest data on actual working hours from the bloc’s statistical office. The figure covers full-time and part-time workers aged 20 to 64 in their main job.<\/p>\n

Within the EU, actual weekly working hours range from 31.9 hours in the Netherlands to 39.6 hours in Greece. When EU candidate countries and EFTA members are included, the figure rises to 42.4 hours in Turkey. Two other candidate countries closely follow: Bosnia and Herzegovina (40.9 hours) and Serbia (40.6 hours).<\/p>\n

Greece (39.6 hours), North Macedonia (39.5 hours) and Bulgaria (38.7 hours) come next. Balkan countries dominate the rankings for the longest working weeks.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands stands out as the country with the shortest average working week in Europe. As noted, part-time workers account for nearly 43% of total employment in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

“The Netherlands has shifted to more part-time working that has helped to reduce the average working week; however, the working week for full-time workers is still closer to 40 hours,” Professor David Spencer of the University of Leeds told Euronews.<\/p>\n

In general, Northern and Western European countries tend to have shorter working weeks than their Eastern and Central European counterparts.<\/p>\n

Experts point to working-time setting regimes, employment structures and broader economic structures as key drivers of cross-country differences.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"