Annual hours worked per engaged person in Europe and in Asia. (Sorry for different color scales.)
Annual hours worked per engaged person in Europe and in Asia. (Sorry for different color scales.)
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Taken from here:
https://landgeist.com/2023/09/02/annual-working-hours-in-europe/
https://landgeist.com/2023/08/22/annual-working-hours-in-asia/
Some other countries if somebody is curious:
- Brazil: 1708
- Canada: 1689
- Mexico: 2137
- South Africa: 2191
- USA: 1765
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Japan and South Korea seem low, but keep in mind that they have a huge issue of people being expected to work overtime without documenting it.
60 0 ReplyThere is a large part time worker population in Japan. If you remove part timers the average is around 2000 hours for 2019
20 0 ReplyFirst thing I noticed as well. Unreported overtime I guess.
6 0 ReplyIn South Korea you are not allowed to work more than 52 hours a week. Generally, you work approximately 40 hours a week.
3 0 Reply40 is what you are allowed to report, and doesn't count compulsory participation in dinners and karaoke/noraebangs
3 0 ReplyAre there strikes in KR regularly?
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I don't think this accounts for unpaid hours and the not at all voluntary socials in some countries such as Japan.
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