Among the developed nations covered in the report, ILO found that the countries with the highest percentage of workers putting in a longer than 48-hour workweek are:
Japan: 39.3%
United Kingdom: 25.7%
Israel: 25.5%
New Zealand: 23.6%
Australia: 20.4%
Switzerland: 19.2%
United States: 18.1%
Among developing nations surveyed in the report, the highest percentage of workers putting in more than 48 hours are in:
Indonesia: 51.2%
Peru: 50.9%
Republic of Korea: 49.5%
Thailand: 46.7%
** Pakistan: 44.4% **
Ethiopia: 40%
Macao: 39.1%
Re: Pakistani workforce in the top 5 hard working developing countries
a number of observations
1) this looks at elapsed time or time spent at work, and not productivity. stack them side to side and you may see a different picture.
2) we hve to factor in that in US the longer hours are put in over more number of weeks because americans get less vacations compared to Europeans etc
3) regardless of the previous two points, the figure is still meaningful, and it is good to see that a strong work ethic seems to have developed in Pakistan
Re: Pakistani workforce in the top 5 hard working developing countries
a number of observations
1) this looks at elapsed time or time spent at work, and not productivity. stack them side to side and you may see a different picture.
2) we hve to factor in that in US the longer hours are put in over more number of weeks because americans get less vacations compared to Europeans etc
3) regardless of the previous two points, the figure is still meaningful, and it is good to see that a strong work ethic seems to have developed in Pakistan
