Workweek and weekend
Around the world
(Countries listed alphabetically. Some countries have Saturday as a normal school day.

Workweek and weekend

Section Title: Around the world
Table Section Text: (Countries listed alphabetically. Some countries have Saturday as a normal school day.

Nation	Typical hours worked per week	Working week	Typical hours worked per day

Afghanistan	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Albania	40	Monday–Friday	8

Algeria	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Angola	40	Monday–Friday	8

Argentina	40	Monday–Friday	8

Armenia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Azerbaijan	40	Monday–Friday	8

Austria	38.5	Monday–Friday	7.7

Australia	38	Monday–Friday	7.6

Bahrain	40	Sunday–Thursday	8 (6 during Ramadan for Muslim employees)

Bangladesh	40- 54	Saturday/ Sunday-Thursday (govt organizations and banks are operational for 5 days, most private organizations run 6 days workweek)	8/ 9

Benin	40	Monday–Friday	8

Belarus	40	Monday–Friday	8

Belgium	38	Monday–Friday	7.6

Brazil	44	Monday–Friday	8.5

Brunei Darussalam	40	Monday–Thursday and Saturday	8

Burundi	50	Monday–Friday	10

Bulgaria	40	Monday–Friday	8

Canada	40	Monday–Friday	8

Cambodia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Cameroon	50	Monday–Friday	10

Chile	45	Monday–Friday	9

China	42	Monday–Friday	8

Croatia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Colombia	48	Monday–Friday / Monday–Saturday	8

Costa Rica	48	Monday–Friday	8

Czech Republic	40	Monday–Friday	8

Denmark	37	Monday–Friday	7.4

Djibouti	40	Saturday–Thursday	6.7

Dominican Republic	40	Monday-Friday	8

Egypt	40 (30 during Ramadan)	Sunday–Thursday	8 (6 during Ramadan)

Ethiopia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Estonia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Equatorial Guinea	48	Monday–Saturday	8

Finland	38	Monday–Friday	8

France	35	Monday–Friday	7

Gabon	40	Monday–Friday	8

Gambia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Germany	40	Monday–Friday	8

Ghana	40	Monday–Friday	8

Greece	40	Monday–Friday	8

Hungary	40	Monday–Friday	8

Hong Kong	40-48	Monday–Saturday	8 (many people work on Saturday either a half-day or full-day)

India	40-54	MNCs & Government offices: Monday-Friday others: Monday–Saturday	8-9 (including 1 hour lunch break) depending on company.

Indonesia	40	Monday–Friday	8, many people work a 6-day week with 7-hour days.

Iran	45	Saturday-Thursday/Saturday-Wednesday	8, (except 5-hours on thursday)

Iraq	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Ireland	40	Monday–Friday	8

Israel	42	Sunday–Thursday	8.4. Excludes a commonly pre-approved 30-minute lunch break. Some people have a partial six-day workweek.

Italy	40	Monday–Friday	8

Côte d'Ivoire	40	Monday–Friday	8

Japan	40	Monday–Friday	8

Jordan	45	Sunday–Thursday	9

Kazakhstan	40	Monday–Friday	8

Kuwait	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Kenya	40	Monday–Friday	8

Lao People’s Democratic Republic	40	Monday–Friday	8

Latvia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Lebanon	40	Monday-Friday	8, Most of the people have a six-day workweek, with Saturday as a partial workday.

Lesotho	40	Monday–Friday	8

Libya	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Lithuania	40	Monday–Friday	8

Madagascar	40	Monday–Friday	8

Maldives	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Malawi	40	Monday–Friday	8

Mali	40	Monday–Friday	8

Malta	40	Monday–Friday	8

Mauritania	40	Monday–Friday	8

Malaysia	40	Sunday–Thursday (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu) Monday–Friday (Federal Territory of Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Pahang, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Penang, Perlis)	8

Mexico	48	Monday–Saturday	8

Mongolia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Morocco	44	Monday–Friday	8

Mozambique	40	Monday–Friday	8

Nepal	48	Sunday–Friday	7 (5 on Friday and 6 in Winter)

Netherlands	40	Monday–Friday	8

New Zealand	40	Monday–Friday	8

Nigeria	40	Monday–Friday	8

Norway	37.5	Monday–Friday	7.5

Oman	40 (30 during Ramadan)	Sunday–Thursday	8 (6 during Ramadan)

Pakistan	45 & 54	Monday–Friday	9 (including 1 hour lunch break) the public sector and most businesses are open on Saturdays. So often it is Monday-Saturday.

Palestine	45	Saturday–Thursday	8

Philippines	45-54	Monday–Friday	9 (including 1 hour lunch break) Most businesses are open on Saturdays. So often it is Monday-Saturday.

Poland	40	Monday–Friday	8

Portugal	40	Monday–Friday	8

Qatar	40 (25 During Ramadan)	Sunday–Thursday	8 (5 during Ramadan) (Line staff work 48 hours of the week, Saturday-Thursday)

Romania	40	Monday–Friday	8

Russia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Rwanda	40	Monday–Friday	8

Saudi Arabia	40 (30 during Ramadan)	Sunday–Thursday	8 (6 during Ramadan for Muslim employees)

Senegal	40	Monday–Friday	8

Serbia	40	Monday-Friday	8 ( including half an hour lunch break )

Singapore	44	Monday–Friday	9

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)	40	Monday–Friday	8

Spain	40	Monday–Friday	8

Sri Lanka	40	Monday–Friday	8

South Africa	45	Monday–Friday	9

South Korea	40	Monday–Friday	8

Somalia	45	Saturday–Thursday	8

Sudan	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Suriname	39.5	Monday–Friday	8; Monday–Thursday 7:00 – 15:00 / Friday 7:00 – 14.30

Swaziland	40	Monday–Friday	8

Sweden	40	Monday–Friday	8

Switzerland	42	Monday–Friday	8.4

Syria	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Seychelles	40	Monday–Friday	8

Taiwan	40	Monday–Friday	8; The Labor Standards Act stipulates that a worker shall have one mandatory day off and one flexible rest day in every seven days.

Tanzania	40	Monday–Friday	9

Togo	40	Monday–Friday	8

Thailand	40	Monday–Friday	8

Trinidad and Tobago	40	Monday–Friday	8

Tunisia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Turkey	45	Monday–Friday	9

Ukraine	40	Monday–Friday	8

United Arab Emirates	40-45 (30 during Ramadan)	Sunday–Thursday (since September 2006)	8 to 9 (regular hours minus 2 hours during Ramadan for all employees)

United Kingdom	40	Monday–Friday	8

United States	40	Monday–Friday	8

Uganda	48	Monday–Saturday	8

Vietnam	40	Monday–Friday	8

Yemen	40	Sunday–Thursday	8

Congo, Democratic Republic of	40	Monday–Friday	8

Zambia	40	Monday–Friday	8

Zimbabwe	40	Monday–Friday	8; Most people work half a day on Saturday

Sentence(s)

The working week is Monday to Friday, seven and a half hours per day, 37.5 hours per week.

final_sentence: The working week is Monday to Friday, seven and a half hours per day, 37.5 hours per week.