I work 32, never worked 40 hours, never will. Life is about more than just my job and working 4 days a week is more than plenty imo. (Netherlands here)
Columbian here. We work way too many hours, the work-week is 48 hours, monday to saturday usually. You get up very early and, a lot of times, get home after dawn. But it's not reflected in productivity at all.
2000 hours per year would be full time (40 hours) working 50 weeks per year (two weeks off for vacation). This is not including holidays, which could be another 10 days per year, let's say. Data seems rather skewed by part time employment to not reflect actual full time working. Japan and the US has some of the highest weekly worked hours per week, but this data does not reflect that. Something seems off.
Usually in Norway a regular work week consists of 37,5 hours as a government employee. But the thing is, this statistic includes part time workers as well. Also, part time will still give you a living wage, which is why so many Norwegians are working part time. The difference in salary for a grocery store worker and a accountant isn't so big compared to other countries, which makes the wage gap very small.
The problem with those maps is that for couple number 1, where the husband works 2000 hours and the wife 0 hours, the average per worker is 2000 hours. While for couple 2, where the husband works 2000 hours and the wife 1000 hours, the average per worker is 1500 hours, even though they work much more in total than couple 1. Couple 1 is usually more common in more conservative countries.
Definitely true in the Netherlands. Average working man works 40hrs/week, while the average working mother works 26hrs. Even without children, the average working married woman works 30hrs.
Time to unionise, I guess. It's not like the current situation here in Europe just came to be on its own. Most of our advantages in terms of workers rights, working hours, health care, etc. are the result of a lot of political struggle in the past by people who would probably be labeled as "commies" in the US.
Considering even accounting for healthcare, government transfers, etc, the median US citizen makes much more than all but a very select few (almost all microstates), this would be a supporting piece for "if you work harder you should be paid more?" Rather than the contrary.
Are you telling us all that Mexicans, Colombians, Costa Ricans, Chileans and Russians should be paid more than Americans? Because they work even harder. Wtf, those people work harder than WASP Americans even if they work as migrants inside America itself!
Contractually I work 1672.5 hours this year (Full time) So I'm surprised it isn't much lower in western/northern Europe considering how much people work parttime.
Alright, so we need to adress the elephant in the room: how is the United States able to have the highest GDP despite having a relatively low amount of hours per worker?
The really impressive thing is that GDP per Capita is so high despite working hours being so high. As you work more, your productivity decreases. If Americans worked as much as Swedes, it stands to reason their productivity (if not output) would be much higher.
there is just no way this figure is accurate for japan. my guess is this number is the average of full time workers and part-timers (basically, every college student, many a housewife and A LOT of already retired elder people; due to the lack of working force, it should be a very significant part of the laborers). only regular workers, japan would EASILY be red in this map.
Working 33 hours a week and still being able to survive would be a dream.
I work 32, never worked 40 hours, never will. Life is about more than just my job and working 4 days a week is more than plenty imo. (Netherlands here)
My wife and I both work 32 hours and have a great life.
Only 33? I work 45
From the source:
Thanks. This map is rather useless and can be misleading. For example, are part time jobs excluded or included for each country?
These kind of stats are always inexact. There's margin for error.
Those lazy Norwegians.... working two hours less per year than us Germans.
Haha, I Got two more hours than you haha
Well no wonder the Dutch, Germans and Nordic countries report high levels of happiness. Good map
Germany be like: wörk wörk wörk, but not today.
So Denmark and Norway shares the spot for least amount of hours worked in a year?
More hours probably equates to lower hourly wages and vice versa.
More working doesn’t mean more productivity
The reverse is not necessarily true either
That's correct, Spain is a clear example.
It's pretty much an economic fact that the less you work, the more productive you are.
It does in my house
Third World: >2k hours mentality: work longer hours for less money
I can barely keep track of the hours I actually work, I'll never understand how one can do it for an entire country.
Probably based on reported hours for hourly workers and assumptions for salaried workers.
Conclusion: the harder you work, the poorer you get. 😜😁
Wow.. in ireland we have 4 weeks (roughly) paid leave for full time workers and still are in the orange?
If only the US had averaged 1 fewer hour… 1776
I bet it’s because of some workaholic named Benedict Arnold
Columbian here. We work way too many hours, the work-week is 48 hours, monday to saturday usually. You get up very early and, a lot of times, get home after dawn. But it's not reflected in productivity at all.
Good places to work:
6 hour workday or 4 day week is the future
With more population means more workers, that's possible
No way those numbers for Japan are accurate, working overtime almost every day is the norm
It is on a downward trend though despite what most of the internet seems to think. In 2010 the average was 1,733 hours and in 1995 it was 1,884.
2000 hours per year would be full time (40 hours) working 50 weeks per year (two weeks off for vacation). This is not including holidays, which could be another 10 days per year, let's say. Data seems rather skewed by part time employment to not reflect actual full time working. Japan and the US has some of the highest weekly worked hours per week, but this data does not reflect that. Something seems off.
I think it takes part-time jobs into consideration as well
Ever considered using colorblind safe pallettes? I can't make this out at all.
I'll see if I can make a better one of this one. I know it's do able
This one is pretty clear for people with red-green color deficiency (the majority of the "color blind"). Source - me.
try out this
Here you go, one color blind friendly map
Aren't there apps for you?
Interesting that fewer working hours doesn't translate into a higher fertility rate.
Finally a map with good resolution. Well done!
For reference, 40 hours/week*52 weeks in a year is 2,080 hours. You can call that 2000 hours after two weeks vacation.
But Americans here told me that quality of life was better in the US than in Europe
Usually in Norway a regular work week consists of 37,5 hours as a government employee. But the thing is, this statistic includes part time workers as well. Also, part time will still give you a living wage, which is why so many Norwegians are working part time. The difference in salary for a grocery store worker and a accountant isn't so big compared to other countries, which makes the wage gap very small.
what is it in the US?
1,777.
The problem with those maps is that for couple number 1, where the husband works 2000 hours and the wife 0 hours, the average per worker is 2000 hours. While for couple 2, where the husband works 2000 hours and the wife 1000 hours, the average per worker is 1500 hours, even though they work much more in total than couple 1. Couple 1 is usually more common in more conservative countries.
stay-at-home wives aren’t that common in Eastern Europe…
Definitely true in the Netherlands. Average working man works 40hrs/week, while the average working mother works 26hrs. Even without children, the average working married woman works 30hrs.
According to the source:
Not applicable to post soviet countries tho, which are more conservative than the west but also women work just as much as men
I'm suprised by Japan, i thought they work 12h a day without weekend :D
How is japan that low lmao
That I thought, too.
So Americans work more hours than most of our friendly allies/peers and we also have worse wealth equality than any of them.
Americans have one of the highest median incomes in the world, even adjusted for purchasing power parity.
Time to unionise, I guess. It's not like the current situation here in Europe just came to be on its own. Most of our advantages in terms of workers rights, working hours, health care, etc. are the result of a lot of political struggle in the past by people who would probably be labeled as "commies" in the US.
Considering even accounting for healthcare, government transfers, etc, the median US citizen makes much more than all but a very select few (almost all microstates), this would be a supporting piece for "if you work harder you should be paid more?" Rather than the contrary.
Are you telling us all that Mexicans, Colombians, Costa Ricans, Chileans and Russians should be paid more than Americans? Because they work even harder. Wtf, those people work harder than WASP Americans even if they work as migrants inside America itself!
Us Israelis working more than the germans and japanese and still having 4 kids
Israel's most prolific procreators aren't precisely among the top contributors to that stat, if I understood it correctly.
Contractually I work 1672.5 hours this year (Full time) So I'm surprised it isn't much lower in western/northern Europe considering how much people work parttime.
Seems like a better case to use the median.
Scandinavians are the happiest people on earth, coincidence?
Alright, so we need to adress the elephant in the room: how is the United States able to have the highest GDP despite having a relatively low amount of hours per worker?
They're a more developed economy. This map really only indicates GDP per Capita
The really impressive thing is that GDP per Capita is so high despite working hours being so high. As you work more, your productivity decreases. If Americans worked as much as Swedes, it stands to reason their productivity (if not output) would be much higher.
colors change from light green to orange way too quick, had to look at the numbers to read any data out of the map
Si lavora e si produce...
Here I am feeling lazy and I work more hours every year than this map can even accommodate. And I’m still poor. Gotta get one of them computer jobs.
As a lawyer whose firm is 1,800 hours minimum, this hurts to see (and yes 1,800 is relativity humane, I know)
there is just no way this figure is accurate for japan. my guess is this number is the average of full time workers and part-timers (basically, every college student, many a housewife and A LOT of already retired elder people; due to the lack of working force, it should be a very significant part of the laborers). only regular workers, japan would EASILY be red in this map.
The United States is working one hour too much
china 2500.
Lazy Germans
They still have largest economy in Europe though
European lazy bums.
Work smarter, not harder
Looks like sarcasm is not a thing in Europe. Must be no place for it in 200sqft studio.
In ireland we’ve 4 weeks paid annual leave and still work close to what Americans work.. what does that say
Bums
How uncivilized