Most Overworked Countries 2024 (2024)

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What country is the most overworked? ›

While it is true that Americans work longer hours than Japanese workers, and even longer hours than workers in some European countries, there are many other factors that can affect productivity and efficiency besides the number of hours worked.

Washington, D.C.

The most overworked city in the country is Washington, D.C. The average worker spends 39 hours per week at work, and it takes them an average of 31 minutes to get there. 64% of Washingtonians work 50 or more weeks per year, and 61.3% of households have dual jobs.

02/8Mexico

This country is amongst the most overworked countries as the average annual hours worked here is 2148 where 28.7% of Mexican employees work for more than 50 hours per week.

Workaholism In China

Except, instead of an eight-hour day, it's a 12-hour one. That's right, Chinese workers are expected to work from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. Employees in China also tend to score higher for Workaholism than employees in Western European countries and the United States.

According to government data, Netherlands has the shortest work weeks on average in the world. People there work only for 29 hours a week. As per reports, while Netherlands has no official rules, people there work for only 4 days per week.

Kiribati in the Pacific was the country with the lowest average weekly working hours per employee in 2022, with the most recent value showing that the population of Kiribati worked on average less than 28 hours per week. Second came Vanuatu at nearly 29 hours per week, with Micronesia following in third.

According to the OECD, the country with the shortest working week is the Netherlands, with a reported 29.5 weekly working hours. Broken down by day, that translates to a four-day workweek with just 7.37-hour days. Denmark follows with 32.5 working hours a week, and then Norway, with 33.6.

Japan is currently one of the most pro-American countries in the world, with 67% of Japanese viewing the United States favorably, according to a 2018 Pew survey; and 75% saying they trust the United States as opposed to 7% for China.

Which country is richer Japan or USA? ›

The United States' economy is the world's largest.

According to the OECD, Americans work 1811 hours a year, which is more than Italy (1694), the U.K. (1532), Switzerland(1529), France (1511), Sweden (1440), and Germany (1341). This means that compared to say Switzerland, we Americans work 7 weeks more each year!

HIGHLIGHTS: An annual study for Labor Day has found that the “hardest-working states” in America are BOTH Dakotas and Alaska. And the LEAST hardest-working state is New Mexico.

The research found that the top 10 hardest-working cities based on a combination of both direct and indirect factors were, from 1st to 10th: Washington, D.C.; Irving, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Anchorage, Alaska; Norfolk, Virginia; Dallas, Texas; San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; and ...

Best states

Oregon landed as the best state for workers because it has one of the country's shortest work weeks (37.8 hours on average), plus a high rate of union representation (16.9%). The Beaver State also has steady job and GDP growth (2.2% and 3.8%, respectively).

Australian workers suffered a higher level of burnout at work compared to anywhere else in the world. A new report found that 62 per cent of Australian employees were experiencing burnout, compared with a global average of 48 per cent.

The countries with the highest burnout levels are predominantly found in eastern (Poland) and southeastern Europe (Albania, Turkey, and the countries that constituted former Yugoslavia; Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia).

In 2017, the Southeast Asian state of Cambodia had the longest average working hours worldwide among 66 countries studied. Here, the working time per worker was around 2,456 hours per year, which is just under 47 hours per week.