According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mexicans have the most average annual working hours. The average Mexican will work up to 450 hours more than an American every year, earning less than a fifth of the pay. All in all, 29 percent of Mexicans work more than 50 hours every week with average working hours per year adding up to 2,237.
South Korea has the fastest declining working time in the OECD, with the government proactively reducing working hours in order to increase leisure time. Still, an average South Korean tends to work 2,163 hours every year, second only to Mexico.
Contrary to what most people think, Greeks actually work the longest hours in Europe. Workers in Greece put in an average weekly shift of 42 hours and that places the country third on the list of countries with the most annual working hours. The United States comes twelfth overall, with average working hours per year adding up to 1,788.
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