Average working and leisure hours in Kazakhstan

Analysis made by Finprom.kz investigates average working hours across different employment sectors in Kazakhstan and typical leisure activities.
There were 9.3 million registered employed citizens (a 1.3% increase compared to the same period last year) in Kazakhstan, as of the first quarter of 2025. Nearly 7.7 million people work standard hours ranging from 36 to 40 per week (a 7.5% year-on-year increase).
On the contrary, there were fewer people working overtime (a 4.9% decrease).
An average working week in Kazakhstan is now 39 working hours (one hour more, compared to last year). For men the average number is 40 hours weekly, for women it is about 38. Working overtime is more frequent among employees (on average 41 hour per week, compared to 36 hours for the self-employed).
The longest working week, averaging 43 hours, is in mining sector. Wholesale and retail trade, transport, logistics, and administrative services report average 42 hours. The working week in manufacturing, water supply and waste management, construction, and hospitality is about 41 hours.
The shortest working week (33 hours on average) is in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. People work around 39 hours in finance, insurance, and education.
An average of 42 hours per week makes industrial, construction, and transport workers, as well as operators and drivers top the list of occupational groups. Then follow trade and service sector employees with 41 hours. After them come farmers, fishermen, and unskilled laborers with average 36 hours, while managers, civil servants, and technical staff work around 40 hours. Specialists work 39 hours a week on average.
The number of Kazakhstanis who work less than a standard week (approximately 332,800) decreased by half compared to the previous year due to lack of work (122,800 people), reduced hours (56,700), sufficient income (34,200), employer decisions (31,500), and flexible schedules (18,300).
Official 2024 statistics reports that the average Kazakhstani spends most of their weekday attending to personal needs such as sleep, hygiene, and meals, totaling 12 hours and 6 minutes on workdays and 13 hours and 57 minutes on weekends.
The largest share is taken up by sleep: 8 hours and 48 minutes on weekdays and more than 10 hours on weekends. Around 1 hour and 49 minutes during the week and 2 hours and 5 minutes on days off are accounted for meals and drinks and approximately 1 hour and 21 minutes on weekdays and 1 hour and 33 minutes on weekends for hygiene and self-care.
Work takes the second place in terms of daily time use, averaging 5 hours and 16 minutes on weekdays and just 36 minutes on weekends.
Third place belongs to leisure activities (cultural events, sports, reading, and media consumption)— 2 hours and 40 minutes on weekdays and nearly 4 hours on weekends.
Household responsibilities also take considerable time from Kazakhstan is, especially on weekends (about 3 hours and 32 minutes on unpaid domestic work and family care).

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