domenica 26 febbraio 2012

Greeks are the hardest workers in Europe

Greek olive farmers planting tree If you look at the average annual hours worked by each worker, the Greeks seem very hard-working.
Figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that the average Greek worker toils away for 2,017 hours per year which is more than any other European country.
On the other hand, the average German worker - normally thought of as the very epitome of industriousness - only manages 1,408 hours a year. Germany is 33rd out of 34 on the OECD list (or 24th out of 25 looking at the European countries alone).

urope's top 10 and bottom 10

Most hours workedMost productiveLeast hours workedLeast productive

1

Greece

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Poland

2

Hungary

Norway

Germany

Hungary

3

Poland

Ireland

Norway

Turkey

4

Estonia

Belgium

France

Estonia

5

Turkey

Netherlands

Denmark

Czech Rep

6

Czech Rep

France

Ireland

Portugal

7

Italy

Germany

Belgium

Slovakia

8

Slovakia

Denmark

Austria

Greece

9

Portugal

Sweden

Luxembourg

Slovenia

10

Iceland

Austria

Sweden

Iceland

The UK ranks 14th both in terms of hours worked and in terms of productivity

Source: OECD

This is because the Germans take more holiday, sickness leave and maternity leave - on average four weeks more than the Greeks.

So far, we have been focusing on those in employment, but only 60% of Greece's working age population have jobs compared to 72% in Germany.


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