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Average length of working week by male employees: total and by sector of economic activity

Indicator

2021

34.5

Hours

1983

39.0

Hours

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Years	Sectors of economic activity
Years	Total	Agriculture and Fishing	Industry	Commerce	Banks and Insurance	Public Administration, Education and Health
1983	39.0	42.0	40.0	40.0	34.0	37.0
1984	40.0	42.9	40.3	40.6	34.4	38.2
1985	40.9	42.2	41.1	41.7	35.2	39.6
1986	40.0	41.3	40.4	41.2	35.3	37.8
1987	40.3	41.2	40.8	41.1	36.1	37.6
1988	40.9	43.2	41.2	41.6	36.6	38.3
1989	40.8	43.9	41.3	41.9	35.9	38.0
1990	40.5	44.0	41.2	41.9	36.9	37.2
1991	39.6	43.5	39.7	41.5	36.1	36.5
1992	┴38.7	┴43.6	┴38.9	┴40.1	┴35.4	┴35.3
1993	38.8	43.1	38.7	40.7	35.6	35.3
1994	39.3	44.4	39.3	41.4	36.0	36.0
1995	38.9	43.6	38.3	41.0	36.3	35.9
1996	39.2	42.9	39.5	40.8	36.3	35.5
1997	38.8	41.9	38.7	40.5	37.0	35.0
1998	┴38.7	┴42.1	┴38.2	┴39.9	┴36.3	┴35.6
1999	38.4	40.6	38.1	39.9	37.3	35.4
2000	38.0	39.8	37.7	39.7	35.6	35.0
2001	37.8	39.8	37.6	39.1	36.0	34.3
2002	37.4	39.2	37.2	38.8	35.8	34.0
2003	37.1	39.7	36.9	38.3	35.8	33.9
2004	37.3	39.0	37.3	38.9	37.3	33.9
2005	37.6	38.6	37.5	39.2	36.8	34.5
2006	37.4	38.0	37.6	38.4	36.5	34.2
2007	37.0	37.2	36.9	38.2	36.9	33.8
2008	┴36.8	┴38.4	┴37.0	┴38.0	┴36.5	┴33.2
2009	36.7	36.5	36.8	38.0	37.3	33.4
2010	37.1	37.0	37.3	37.9	37.0	34.2
2011	┴36.9	┴37.9	┴37.1	┴37.5	┴38.9	┴33.4
2012	36.7	36.2	36.6	37.8	38.1	34.2
2013	36.9	36.9	36.7	38.2	37.5	34.5
2014	36.8	35.3	36.5	38.0	37.8	35.1
2015	36.8	36.7	36.7	37.7	37.4	35.2
2016	36.2	35.5	36.0	37.6	37.1	34.1
2017	36.3	35.8	36.2	37.2	36.9	34.2
2018	36.2	35.6	36.2	37.3	36.5	33.7
2019	36.2	36.8	36.0	37.4	37.7	33.5
2020	33.5	35.5	33.8	33.9	35.9	31.9
2021	34.5	(R)36.6	(R)35.2	35.3	35.2	(R)32.6

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-04-22

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