Time spent by men and women on paid work and study in OECD countries 2016

This statistic provides a comparison of the average amount of time spent on paid work or study by both men and women in OECD member countries as well as China, India and South Africa. As of 2016, Japanese man spent 471 minutes per day in paid work and study on average while the average woman spent 206 minutes.

Average minutes per day spent in paid work or study by OECD countries plus China, India and South Africa, as of March 2016

Latest available time period in brackets	Male	Female
Mexico (2009)	468	233
Korea (2009)	422	273
China (2008)	390	291
Japan (2011)	471	206
Austria (2008-09)	365	249
Canada (2010)	341	267
Portugal (1999)	372	231
Sweden (2010)	322	269
Spain (2009-10)	334	246
India (1999)	391	185
United States (2014)	322	242
Netherlands (2005-06)	354	205
Hungary (1999-2000)	327	232
Italy (2008)	349	197
New Zealand (2009-10)	338	205
Ireland (2005)	344	197
Slovenia (2000-01)	300	234
Norway (2010)	292	228
Estonia (2009-2010)	264	245
Poland (2003-04)	303	197
United Kingdom (2005)	297	197
South Africa (2010)	294	195
Turkey (2006)	360	124
Australia (2006)	304	172
Germany (2001-02)	282	181
Finland (2009-10)	249	210
Denmark (2001)	260	195
Belgium (2005)	266	189
France (2009)	233	172

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Release date

March 2016

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Region

China, India, South Africa, OECD

Survey time period

1999 to 2014

Age group

15-64

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on numbers collated by the OECD from the various national time use surveys of the countries included in the statistic.

Data are normalized to 1440 minutes per day. In other words, for those countries for which the time use does not sum up to 1440 minutes, the missing minutes are equally distributed across all activities.

Age group is 15-64 for all countries but Australia (15+), Hungary (15-74), Sweden (25-64) and China (15-74).

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