EU citizens work an average of 36 hours a week, but the rate is much higher in some countries.
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For millions of people across the EU, working long hours is the norm.
Eurostat defines "long hours" as 49 or more per week, which applies to 7.1% of the bloc's workforce.
In the EU, the highest rates are in Greece (11.6%), Cyprus (10.4%) and France (10.1%).
In general, the percentage is much higher among self-employed people (29.3%) compared to employees (3.6%).
Turkey has the highest rate of all countries analysed, 27.2%, followed by Iceland with 13.8%.
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Turkey also has the longest working week on average at 44.2 hours, followed by Serbia (41.7), Bosnia-Herzegovina (41.4) and Greece (39.8).
The EU average is 36.1 hours.
Jobs with the longest working hours are mostly in manual sectors, with agriculture, forestry, and fishing (41.5 hours), mining and quarrying (39.1 hours), and construction (38.9 hours) leading the way.
On the other hand, the shortest working weeks on average are in the Netherlands (32.2 hours), Austria (33.6) and Germany (34.0).