ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand

New Zealand: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per was 38 No in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
38 No
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
61st
of 91 countries
All-time high
42 No
in 2009
All-time low
37 No
in 2017
Years of data
24
1997–2020

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand, 1997–2020

0102030401997200820201997: 41.1 No1998: 40.4 No1999: 40.4 No2000: 40 No2001: 39.9 No2002: 39.6 No2003: 40.3 No2004: 40.5 No2005: 40.2 No2006: 39.9 No2007: 39.6 No2008: 39.4 No2009: 42 No2010: 39 No2011: 39 No2012: 39 No2013: 39 No2014: 39 No2015: 39 No2016: 38 No2017: 37 No2018: 37 No2019: 38 No2020: 38 No

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 38 No for ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand peaked at 42 No in 2009 and was at its lowest, 37 No, in 2017.

New Zealand ranks 61st of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value in New Zealand, 1997 to 2020.
Year No Change
1997 41.1 No
1998 40.4 No -1.7%
1999 40.4 No +0.0%
2000 40 No -1.0%
2001 39.9 No -0.3%
2002 39.6 No -0.8%
2003 40.3 No +1.8%
2004 40.5 No +0.5%
2005 40.2 No -0.7%
2006 39.9 No -0.7%
2007 39.6 No -0.8%
2008 39.4 No -0.5%
2009 42 No +6.6%
2010 39 No -7.1%
2011 39 No +0.0%
2012 39 No +0.0%
2013 39 No +0.0%
2014 39 No +0.0%
2015 39 No +0.0%
2016 38 No -2.6%
2017 37 No -2.6%
2018 37 No +0.0%
2019 38 No +2.7%
2020 38 No +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 40.63 No 40.4 No 41.1 No 3
2000s 40.14 No 39.4 No 42 No 10
2010s 38.4 No 37 No 39 No 10
2020s 38 No 38 No 38 No 1

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 58 Hungary 38.31 No compare
  2. 59 Germany 38.23 No compare
  3. 60 Mexico 38.2 No compare
  4. 62 Dominican Republic 37.96 No compare
  5. 63 India 37.81 No
  6. 64 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 37.77 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand?
Ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per in New Zealand was 38 No in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 42 No in 2009.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 37 No in 2017.
How does New Zealand rank for ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per?
New Zealand ranks 61st out of 91 countries with data for 2020.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — mean weekly hours actually worked per rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Value
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
100 places, 2,038 data points, 1969–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.