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International Comparison of Work Hours
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| Weekly work hours | Weeks of holidays and vacations | Unemployment rate | |
| Slovak Republic | 41.4 | 6.9 | 17.4 |
| Czech Republic | 40.4 | 6.2 | 7.8 |
| Hungary | 40.3 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Greece | 40.2 | 6.7 | 9.5 |
| Poland | 40.2 | 6.2 | 19.6 |
| Portugal | 39.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| Spain | 38.6 | 7.0 | 11.3 |
| Luxemburg | 37.3 | 7.5 | 3.8 |
| Italy | 37.2 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| United Kingdom | 37.2 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| Finland | 36.9 | 7.0 | 9.1 |
| Austria | 36.6 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
| Sweden | 36.0 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
| Ireland | 35.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| Belgium | 35.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 |
| France | 35.2 | 7.0 | 9.7 |
| Germany | 35.2 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Denmark | 34.8 | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Norway | 34.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| Netherlands | 30.1 | 7.5 | 3.5 |
| Source: Know, N. (2004, July 27). Longer workweeks likely in Europe, USA Today, 4B (data for the article came from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) | |||