It is often heard that the recipe for success in any field lies in hard work. That is why, if you are one of the most diligent workers, you have more chances to advance at work.
In which countries in the world do people spend the most time at work? Research that dealt with this very question came to very interesting conclusions. Believe it or not - the most hard-working are the inhabitants of Turkey. On average, they spend a week at work 47.9 hours.
They devote the least amount of time to work Denmark (32.1 hours) and The Netherlands (29.1 hours). The researchers otherwise relied on the data Organizations for economic cooperation and development (OECD).
You must be interested in in which place Slovenia found itself. You can check this in the chart below.
1. Turkey: 47.9 hours per week
2. Colombia: 47.9 hours per week
3. Mexico, 45.2 hours per week
4. Costa Rica, 44.9 hours per week
5. Chile, 43.4 hours per week
6. South Africa, 43.1 hours per week
7. Israel, 40.6 hours per week
8. Poland, 39.9 hours per week
9. Hungary, 39.6 hours per week
10. Portugal, 39.4 hours per week
11. Czech Republic, 39.4 hours per week
12. Slovakia, 39.2 hours per week
13. Slovenia, 39.2 hours per week
14. Greece, 39.0 hours per week
15. Latvia, 38.9 hours per week
At the same time, it was found in which countries the most people work at least 60 hours a week. Turkey was also at the very top of this ranking, while Slovenia did not rank among the top fifteen.
1. Turkey: 20.9 % workforce
2. Colombia, 17.2 % workforce
3. Costa Rica, 16.7 % workforce
4. Mexico, 14.7 % workforce
5. Indonesia, 14.3 % workforce
6. India, 13.6 % workforce
7. South Korea, 12.8 % workforce
8. South Africa, 11.8 % workforce
9. Greece, 11.7 % workforce
10. Japan, 8.2 % workforce
11. Argentina, 8.1 % workforce
12. Chile, 8.1 % workforce
13. Iceland, 7 % workforce
14. New Zealand, 6.7 % workforce
15. Australia, 6.1 % workforce
More information:
stats.oecd.org
qz.com
