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Labor Statistics > Work time > Non-market-oriented (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Germany: 56% 
# 2   Italy: 55% 
= 3   New Zealand: 54% 
= 3   Australia: 54% 
= 3   Latvia: 54% 
= 3   France: 54% 
# 7   Netherlands: 52% 
= 8   Colombia: 51% 
= 8   Austria: 51% 
= 10   United States: 50% 
= 10   Norway: 50% 
= 12   Israel: 49% 
= 12   Hungary: 49% 
= 12   Finland: 49% 
= 12   United Kingdom: 49% 
= 12   South Africa: 49% 
# 17   Bangladesh: 48% 
# 18   Canada: 47% 
= 19   Nepal: 44% 
= 19   Kenya: 44% 
= 21   Guatemala: 41% 
= 21   Venezuela: 41% 
# 23   Indonesia: 40% 
= 24   India: 39% 
= 24   Mongolia: 39% 
# 26   Korea, South: 36% 
# 27   Japan: 34% 
# 28   Denmark: 32% 
# 29   Philippines: 27% 
Weighted average: 46.1%  



DEFINITION: Classification of market and non-market activities are not strictly based on the 1993 revised UN System of National Accounts, so comparisons between countries and areas must be made with caution.

SOURCE: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report

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