Mapped: The World’s Hardest Working Countries In 2025

This visualization ranks over 150 countries by the typical number of hours worked per week in 2025. While global labor averages hover around 38.7 hours per week, the gap between the hardest- and lightest-working nations stretches nearly 30 hours. The data for this visualization comes from the World Population Review. It compiles national estimates of average weekly working hours across formal and informal labor sectors.

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