These Countries Work Harder.............

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Here’s where workers put in the most time on the job,  according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, better known as the OECD.

Workers in Mexico work the longest hours. An average Mexican worker puts in 2,228 hours a year on the job or about 43 hours per week. Mexico is the second largest Latin American economy according to the World Bank.

South Korea has not submitted its data to the OECD for 2014 but in 2013 the nation was firmly the second-hardest working, behind Mexico. In 2013, South Korean workers put 2,163 hours in a year or roughly 42 hours per week.

 

The Greek people have developed a reputation as a lazy people who refuse austerity measures and retire way too early.

Chile and Russia round out the top five nations with workers putting in an average of 1,990 and 1,985 hours a year per worker respectively, or about 38 hours per week.  

Americans are ranked #16 by OECD in terms of longest hours worked, putting in 1,788 in 2013 and 1,789 in 2014, or about 34.4 hours per week. That works out to more hours than in most countries. Keep in mind, the average of OECD countries is about 1,770 hours or 34 hours per week.

Germany, by the way, works the shortest hours of all OECD countries. The average worker there puts in just 1,371 hours a year or 26 hours per week.  Norway had the second shortest hours.

 

Note: India is not in the list

 

OECD: On 14 December 1960, 20 countries originally signed the Convention on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Since then, 34 countries have become members of the Organization.