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Table 5 Actually worked weekly working hours, in selected industries and countries

From: Labour market and labour market policies during great recession: the case of Estonia

Total

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

37.3

36.9

36.9

36.9

36.7

Euro area (17 countries)

36.9

36.4

36.6

36.5

36.2

Germany

35.9

35.3

35.6

35.6

35.5

Estonia

39.1

37.6

38.4

38.6

38.3

Latvia

39.4

38.8

38.4

38.5

38.3

Lithuania

39.2

38.6

38.4

38.3

38.0

Manufacturing

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

39.2

38.4

38.9

39.0

38.7

Euro area (17 countries)

38.7

37.8

38.3

38.5

38.2

Germany

38.1

36.8

37.7

38.0

37.8

Estonia

39.5

37.6

38.9

39.6

39.1

Latvia

39.0

38.7

38.8

39.3

39.1

Lithuania

39.9

39.3

39.3

39.1

39.2

Construction

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

40.6

40.2

40.1

40.1

39.9

Euro area (17 countries)

39.9

39.4

39.4

39.5

39.1

Germany

39.8

39.4

39.4

39.6

39.6

Estonia

40.3

38.0

39.9

40.4

40.6

Latvia

41.4

39.1

39.0

39.1

39.1

Lithuania

40.6

39.6

39.3

39.5

39.2

Trade

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

37.4

37.1

37.1

36.9

36.8

Euro area (17 countries)

37.3

37.0

37.1

36.9

36.7

Germany

34.4

34.1

34.2

34.1

34.1

Estonia

39.7

38.3

39.1

39.2

38.7

Latvia

40.2

39.7

38.8

38.6

38.2

Lithuania

39.5

39.2

39.1

38.7

38.3

Hotels

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

38.3

37.5

37.4

37.0

36.5

Euro area (17 countries)

39.2

38.4

38.2

37.9

37.4

Germany

34.3

33.6

33.8

33.5

33.2

Estonia

40.0

37.5

37.7

37.3

35.7

Latvia

39.9

39.5

39.2

38.5

38.5

Lithuania

39.3

39.2

38.7

38.3

36.9

Public administration

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

European Union (27 countries)

36.8

36.7

36.8

36.7

36.8

Euro area (17 countries)

36.2

36.1

36.2

36.3

36.3

Germany

37.1

36.7

36.8

36.9

36.9

Estonia

39.4

39.2

40.4

39.8

39.3

Latvia

39.0

39.1

39.5

39.6

39.1

Lithuania

40.0

39.9

40.2

40.2

40.0

  1. Source: Eurostat database.