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.
There is a large part time worker population in Japan. If you remove part timers the average is around 2000 hours for 2019
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In South Korea you are not allowed to work more than 52 hours a week. Generally, you work approximately 40 hours a week.
40 is what you are allowed to report, and doesn’t count compulsory participation in dinners and karaoke/noraebangs
Are there strikes in KR regularly?
I don’t think this accounts for unpaid hours and the not at all voluntary socials in some countries such as Japan.