Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day)

For 2024, Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day) is led by Australia at 17.92%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

The average time women spend on household provision of services for own consumption. Data are expressed as a proportion of time in a day. Domestic and care work includes food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning and upkeep of a dwelling, laundry, ironing, gardening, caring for pets, shopping, installation, servicing and repair of personal and household goods, childcare, and care of the sick, elderly or disabled household members, among others.

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0.04.59.013.417.9AustraliaAustralia: 17.92%17.9
Rank Country Value
1 Australia 17.92%
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