Countries like Sweden and Denmark are known to be among the happiest countries, and are also economically very stable and rich. Is the secret of their succes in shortest working hours? Whatever the case might be, many countries follow the global trend which consists of shortening working time while getting the best possible results and better productivity.

On the other side, many countries, especially those in Asia, still have rigorous working time on average. On that same scale are countries like China, which is one of the most powerful economies nowadays, and others like Mexico or Brazil, which are not on that rank considering economic power. To see the rest of the top countries in the world which have the most average working hours, check out this Insider Monkey’s article.