Which Nationalities Work the Most Hours?

As real estate investors, we feel like we put in a lot of hours. In fact, many of us are quite comfortable saying, “Set your own hours – HA! I work all the time!”

And, we hire a lot of workers for everything from office help to help with our rehabs and property buying and selling. How many hours do those people work? Naturally, no one will put in the hours for your business like you do, however…

This article recently came out in The Telegraph and here are some very interesting working hours listed in order of which country puts in the most hours per year down to the least. Out of 38 countries from the survey, the US sits comfortably near the middle at number 16.

How many hours per year by Nationality:

1. Mexico – 2255 hours per year
2. Costa Rica – 2212
3. South Korea – 2069
4. Greece – 2035
5. Chile – 1974
6. Russia – 1974
7. Poland – 1928
8. Latvia – 1910
9. Israel – 1889
10. Lithuania – 1885
11. Iceland – 1879
12. Estonia – 1855
13. Portugal – 1842
14. Turkey – 1832
15. Ireland – 1820
16. US – 1783
17. Czech Republic – 1770
18. Hungary – 1761
19. New Zealand – 1757
20. Slovakia – 1740
21. Italy – 1730
22. Japan – 1713
23. Canada – 1703
24. Spain – 1695
25. Slovenia – 1682
26. UK – 1676
27. Australia – 1669
28. Finland – 1653
29. Sweden – 1621
30. Austria – 1601
31. Switzerland – 1590
32. Belgium – 1551
33. Luxembourg – 1512
34. France – 1472
35. Netherlands – 1430
36. Norway – 1421
37. Denmark – 1410
38. Germany – 1363

What surprises you on this list?