# Euro Area Average hours worked

Euro Area Average hours worked was down 0.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 36.40 Hour.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.5% (Q3 2020) to 0.3% (Q1 2022), averaging −0.09%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.HOURS.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Hour
- Coverage: 2002-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (89 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/average-hours-worked

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 36.40 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 36.40 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 36.40 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 36.60 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 36.50 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 36.40 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 36.40 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 36.60 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 36.50 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 36.50 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 36.50 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 36.70 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 36.60 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 36.50 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 36.60 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 36.80 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 36.70 Hour | 0.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 36.60 Hour | 0.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 36.60 Hour | 0.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 36.80 Hour | 0.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 36.60 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 36.50 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 36.60 Hour | −0.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 36.70 Hour | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.HOURS.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.HOURS.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```