Working hours in Kazakhstan are longer than in America, but salaries are lower

The World’s Hardest Working Countries 2025 report by Visual Capitalist shows that Kazakhstan is among the countries with the longest working weeks (38 hours on average).
In the USA an average working week is 36 hours, in Canada – 32, in the UK – 31 and in the Netherlands just 26.8 hours.
Turkmenistan has an average working week of 41.9 hours, then follows Tajikistan with 41 hours. The third place belongs to Uzbekistan, where people work an average of 40.4 hours, the fourth is Kyrgyzstan with 35.2 hours.
The shortest working weeks in the world are in the Netherlands (26.8 hours), Norway (27.1) and Austria (28.4) thanks to developed economies and strong labor productivity
The longest working week is in Bhutan (more than 54 hours).
Though the standard workweek in Kazakhstan is 40 hours, there are suggestions of a four-day workweek.
Spain, Japan, Belgium, Poland and several other countries have already tested this approach after the COVID-19 pandemic, and results were positive.
Some Kazakhstani businesses discussed adopting this model in 2023, but it has not been implemented yet.

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