Time spent visiting friends by men and women in OECD countries 2016

This statistic provides a comparison of the average amount of time in minutes spent visiting or hosting friends per day by gender in OECD member countries as well as China, India and South Africa. As of 2016, Norwegian women spent 68 minutes per day visiting or hosting friends while the average man spent 50 minutes.

Average minutes per day spent visiting or entertaining friends in OECD countries plus China, India and South Africa by gender, as of 2016

Latest available time period in brackets	Male	Female
Netherlands (2005-06)	78	96
Mexico (2009)	83	88
United Kingdom (2005)	80	87
South Africa (2010)	92	74
Denmark (2001)	74	87
India (1999)	81	64
Turkey (2006)	65	77
Austria (2008-09)	69	71
Germany (2001-02)	65	72
Canada (2010)	64	72
Italy (2008)	75	61
New Zealand (2009-10)	59	77
Slovenia (2000-01)	63	61
Belgium (2005)	57	62
Norway (2010)	50	68
France (2009)	53	58
Poland (2003-04)	54	54
Hungary (1999-2000)	59	44
Finland (2009-10)	46	55
Ireland (2005)	42	56
Spain (2009-10)	43	53
United States (2014)	45	48
Korea (2009)	43	48
Portugal (1999)	53	35
Estonia (2009-2010)	36	40
Sweden (2010)	27	32
China (2008)	22	24
Japan (2011)	12	12
Australia (2006)	10	10

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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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