FACTOID # 4: 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Iceland: 367 days 
#2   Spain: 316 days 
#3   Norway: 239 days 
#4   United States: 163 days 
#5   Finland: 126 days 
#6   Canada: 125 days 
#7   France: 117 days 
#8   Ireland: 72 days 
#9   Australia: 61 days 
#10   Italy: 59 days 
#11   Denmark: 51 days 
#12   Hungary: 47 days 
#13   Turkey: 36 days 
#14   United Kingdom: 21 days 
#15   Mexico: 16 days 
#16   Portugal: 11 days 
#17   New Zealand: 8 days 
#18   Poland: 7 days 
#19   Switzerland: 1 days 
#20   Netherlands: 1 days 
Weighted average: 92.2 days  


DEFINITION: Number of days not worked for every 1000 salaried employees. Selected OECD countries only. Data for 2000.

SOURCE: OECD

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Richard (USA)
23rd July 2006 		Iceland is amazing, not only do they get away with no work, but they manage to get in two extra days on normal years and one extra day on leap years.
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