Average number of usual weekly hours of work in main job, by sex, professional status, full-time/part-time and occupation (hours) - lfsa_ewhuis

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2025 (N = 265,104)

First observation: Annual: 1983 (N = 16,278)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 22:44. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 02:16

Structure

freq

isco08

wstatus

worktime

age

sex

unit

geo

France, Germany, Spain, Italy

Usual Weekly Hours, Full-Time Employees

lfsa_ewhuis %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "ES", "IT"),
         isco08 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "EMP",
         worktime == "FT",
         age == "Y15-64",
         sex == "T") %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_4flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1983, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Usual weekly hours, full-time employees")

France

Usual Weekly Hours by Sex, Full-Time Employees

lfsa_ewhuis %>%
  filter(geo == "FR",
         isco08 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "EMP",
         worktime == "FT",
         age == "Y15-64",
         sex %in% c("M", "F")) %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Sex)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.15, 0.15),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1983, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Usual weekly hours, full-time employees")

Full-Time vs. Part-Time, All Employees

lfsa_ewhuis %>%
  filter(geo == "FR",
         isco08 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "EMP",
         worktime %in% c("FT", "PT"),
         age == "Y15-64",
         sex == "T") %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Worktime)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.75, 0.5),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1983, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Usual weekly hours")