Taken from here:
https://landgeist.com/2023/09/02/annual-working-hours-in-europe/
https://landgeist.com/2023/08/22/annual-working-hours-in-asia/
Some other countries if somebody is curious:
- Brazil: 1708
- Canada: 1689
- Mexico: 2137
- South Africa: 2191
- USA: 1765
Japan and South Korea seem low, but keep in mind that they have a huge issue of people being expected to work overtime without documenting it.
I don’t think this accounts for unpaid hours and the not at all voluntary socials in some countries such as Japan.
First thing I noticed as well. Unreported overtime I guess.
There is a large part time worker population in Japan. If you remove part timers the average is around 2000 hours for 2019
In South Korea you are not allowed to work more than 52 hours a week. Generally, you work approximately 40 hours a week.
Are there strikes in KR regularly?
40 is what you are allowed to report, and doesn’t count compulsory participation in dinners and karaoke/noraebangs