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Hard Workers

In: Global Economy Maps

18 Aug 2009

Hours worked per week around the world. Via DataViz.

3 Responses to Hard Workers

Eia

August 18th, 2009 at 7:31 am

In Mexico, to be classified as employed, one needs to work as little as one hour per week.

August 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am

and likewise in any country adhering to ILO guidelines.
that’s reflected in the numbers. Netherlands has more than a 1/3 of its workforce on part time jobs, hence the low working hours, as opposed to south korea where more than 90% of workers work full time.

I wonder who made that graph though

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