📊 2025 OECD Average Working Hours & Countries Adopting 4-Day and 4.5-Day Workweeks
📊 2025 OECD Average Working Hours & Countries Adopting 4-Day and 4.5-Day Workweeks As of 2025, the world of work is changing rapidly. 📉 With growing awareness around work-life balance , mental health, and productivity, many countries are rethinking the traditional 5-day, 40-hour workweek. In this article, we’ll explore the latest OECD data on average working hours and highlight the nations adopting 4-day and 4.5-day workweeks as alternatives. 🕒 2025 OECD Average Annual Working Hours: Where Does Each Country Stand? According to the latest OECD report, countries still vary greatly in terms of how many hours their citizens work annually. Below are the top 20 OECD countries ranked by average annual working hours in 2025: Rank Country Hours/year 1 Colombia 2,405 2 Mexico 2,226 3 Costa Rica 2,149 4 Chile 1,962 5 South Korea 1,901 6 Israel 1,891 7 Greece 1,886 8 Japan 1,607 9 United States 1,810 10 Canada 1,686 11 United Kingdom 1,531 12 France 1,511 13 Germany 1,340 14...