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The following list is the average annual hours worked by participants in the labor force of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) member states. [2] As of 2022, Colombia , Mexico , and Costa Rica ranked the highest number of hours worked per year.
GDP per working hour (2017 US$ PPP) Year Luxembourg: 146.1 2023 Ireland: 142.5 2023 Norway: 92.6 2023 Netherlands: 79.8 2023 Denmark: 78.2 2023 Switzerland: 75.6 2023 Belgium: 75.5 2023 Austria: 74.2 2023 Singapore: 73.8 2023 Sweden: 70.0 2023 Guyana: 69.9 2023 United States: 69.7 2023 Finland: 68.6 2023 Germany: 68.1 2023 France: 67.9 2023 Italy
South Korea has the fastest shortening working time in the OECD, [47] which is the result of the government's proactive move to lower working hours at all levels and to increase leisure and relaxation time, which introduced the mandatory forty-hour, five-day working week in 2004 for companies with over 1,000 employees. Beyond regular working ...
In the process, work hours increased. According to OECD figures, annual working hour levels in South Korea were at 1,872/worker in 2023. [3] As a consequence, Korea now ranks 5th on OECD ranking, compared to 1,810 annual hours in the US, 1,607 in Japan, 1,531 in the UK, and 1,340 in Germany (the lowest among OECD countries). [3]
See Category:Working time; Annual leave; Effects of overtime; Flextime; Four-day workweek; Karoshi; List of countries by average annual labor hours; Overwork; Right to rest and leisure; Six-hour day; Work–life balance
A "No More Karoshi" protest in Tokyo, 2018 Deaths due to long working hours per 100,000 people in 2016 (15+) Average annual hours actually worked per worker in OECD countries from 1970 to 2020. Karoshi (Japanese: 過労死, Hepburn: Karōshi), which can be translated into "overwork death", is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related ...
An "effective day of work" day is that which is not a weekly rest day, a holiday and general holidays of the company. The working month is defined as: 26 effective working days or 191 working hours in the non agricultural sector or 208 in the agricultural sector. Employees are also entitled to 13 paid public holidays. [7] 15 13 25 Mozambique
According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data, Koreans work 2,024 hours a year, ranking third in the world among OECD countries. This is 280 hours longer than the OECD average of 1,744 hours. [6] Problems caused by overwork are growing in Korea. [7]