Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male

The average time men 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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
27
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    United Nations

    National statistical offices or national database and publications compiled by United Nations Statistics Division., United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/database, note: Indicator code from the original source: SH_FPL_INFM; Indicator name from the original source: Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic chores and care work, by sex, age and location (%), publisher: UN Statistics Division, type: Excel, date accessed: 46190, date published: 2026-03-27

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  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

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Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Australia202412.64percent
Bulgaria20238.90percent
Canada202311.63percent
Austria20228.63percent
Brazil20225.69percent
Costa Rica202210.31percent
Australia202111.18percent
Colombia20215.24percent
Dominican Republic20215.90percent
Brazil20195.36percent

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