Spaniards work longer hours than Germans, English, Norwegians. the Finns or the French , according to the Society at a Glance report just released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the results of which dismantle some of the clichés about which countries are more workers. According to the data, Spaniards dedicate an average of 4.6 hours a day (276 minutes) to paid work, which is about 32 hours a week, 19% more than what Germans do, 3.75 hours (232 minutes). ), but 26% less than the Japanese.
Belgium is the OECD member country where people work the least, followed by Denmark. On the other hand, the study places Mexico, Japan, Portugal and Canada in this order, as the countries whose citizens spend more hours at work or doing unpaid activities, such as housework.
The OECD also points out that Spain is the sixth country, of the 30 that are part of the organization, in which there are the greatest differences between men and women in unpaid work . Specifically, the report indicates that females spend almost three times as much time on household chores as males. The gender difference in unpaid work in Spain is 3 hours and 7 minutes, while the average difference in the OECD is 2 hours and 28 minutes.
