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Employees work more than 350 minutes per average day, that is about six hours, in almost all countries. Working for six hours means an employee is spending one-third of waking time on work, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Let's take a look at some countries, including India, where people have longest working hours.
Source: OECD
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Mongolia
Total hours worked in an average day: 10 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 11 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 6 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 8 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 2 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 1
Mongolians spend more hours working than anyone else in the world.
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Photographs: Pavel Mikheev/Reuters
Kazakhstan
Total hours worked in an average day: 9 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 10 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 3 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 4 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 6 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 2
Women in Kazakhstan spend more hours learning activities than men.
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Japan
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 4 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 7 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 1 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 4 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 3
Men and women in Japan spend equal time on work.
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Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
China
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 9 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 7 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 2 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 4 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 4
Women work more than men in China.
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Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Australia
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 3 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 3 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 5
Like Japan, Australian men and women spend equal hours working.
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Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
New Zealand
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 3 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 3 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 6
New Zealand is another country where men and women spend equal hours working.
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Photographs: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters
Kyrgyzstan
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 9 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 4 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 6 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 2 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 7
Women in Kyrgyzstan spend more time than men doing unpaid work.
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Photographs: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
South Korea
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 8 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 4 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 7 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 1 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 4 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 8
Women spend more hours working than men in South Korea.
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Photographs: B Mathur/Reuters
India
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 9 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 3 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 7 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 1 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 6 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 9
While men in India spend just one hour on average doing unpaid work, women give six hours.
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Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Pakistan
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 2 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 7 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 0 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 10
Men and women in Pakistan spend equal time on work.
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Photographs: Chor Sokunthea/Reuters
Cambodia
Total hours worked in an average day: 6 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 6 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 0 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 2 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 11
Men in Cambodia spend zero hours on average doing unpaid work.
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Photographs: Source, Serouj Ourishian/Wikipedia Commons
Armenia
Total hours worked in an average day: 6 hours by men
Total hours worked in an average day: 7 hours by women
Time spent on market and learning activities: 2 hours by men
Time spent on market and learning activities: 5 hours by women
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 1 hours by men
Time spent on non-market/unpaid work: 5 hours by women
Rank in total working hours for both men and women: 12
Women spend a lot more time on learning activities than men in Armenia.
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