From the National Geographic via David Batstone of rightreality.com
Average work hours per year:
South Korea: 2390
Mexico: 1857
Australia: 1814
Japan: 1801
United States: 1792
Canada: 1718
Ireland: 1613
Finland: 1712
Italy: 1591
Sweden: 1564
France: 1431
Norway: 1337
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