Two tables illustrate how much time employees worked for full-time and part-time jobs in three nations, and a comparison with the European average in 2002.
Overall, with 39.2 hours for female and 40.4 hours for male full-time workers, except Greece, all figures for the Netherlands and the UK were lower than the figure for the European average. Meanwhile, the average number of hours for part-time women and men workers in 2002 stood at 34 and 32, respectively, which were higher than all figures for the three nations in this chart.
With the average number of hours for female full-time employees, of all the figures, securing the top position was Greece, at 39.9 hours. This was closely followed by the Netherlands, at 38 hours, which was 1 hour higher than the figure for the UK. Similarly, among the list of male full-time workers, in the first place was Greece, at 42.5 hours. slightly below were the Netherlands and the UK, with respective figures being 38 and 37.5 hours.
With part-time jobs, people had average work hours quite different from those who had full-time jobs. Greek women work 29.3 hours, which was 6 minutes higher than the figure for the Netherlands. At the bottom of the list came the UK, at 28 hours. Meanwhile, Greek men who had part-time jobs worked an average of 30 hours. The figure for the Netherlands stood at 28.3 hours, which was 42 minutes lower than the figure for the UK.