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United Kingdom: Monthly share of people working more than 45 hours per week 2015-2017

Percentage of people working more than 45 hours per week in the United Kingdom from January 2015 to December 2017, by employment status

The data displays the percentage of people that work on average more than 45 hours per week in the UK from January 2015 to December 2017, by employment status. In December 2016 around 17.7% of the total workforce worked for more than 45 hours per week, a decrease compared with 18.5% in January 2015, since that time the percentage of people working such hours has mostly decreased on a monthly basis.

Jan 15 18.5 28.8
Feb 15 18.5 28.8
Mar 15 18.5 28.6
Apr 15 18.5 28.5
May 15 18.4 28.2
Jun 15 18.4 28
Jul 15 18.5 27.4
Aug 15 18.4 27.9
Sep 15 18.5 27.9
Oct 15 18.6 27.9
Nov 15 18.7 28.2
Dec 15 18.7 27.3
Jan 16 18.5 27.6
Feb 16 18.4 27.4
Mar 16 18.5 27.9
Apr 16 18.5 28
May 16 18.5 27.9
Jun 16 18.3 28.4
Jul 16 18.1 27.9
Aug 16 18 28
Sep 16 17.9 27.2
Oct 16 17.8 27.8
Nov 16 17.7 28.4
Dec 16 17.6 28.5
Jan '17 17.9 28.2
Feb '17 17.7 28
Mar '17 17.5 27.9
Apr '17 17.3 27.9
May '17 17.4 28.5
Jun '17 17.4 27.8
Jul '17 17.3 27.9
Aug '17 17.4 27.4
Sep '17 17.7 27
Oct '17 17.5 26.8
Nov '17 17.6 26.6
Dec '17 17.5 26.5