每周工作时间比较

The four bar charts illustrate the distribution of weekly working hours for industrial workers across France, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK in 2002, measured by the percentage of employees in each hourly bracket.

Overall, the 36-40 hour work week was the most common pattern in three of the four countries, while France was the exception, with its peaks in the 31-35 and 36-40 hour ranges. Very short working weeks (fewer than 15 hours) and extremely long weeks (over 50 hours) accounted for small shares of workers in all nations.

In Denmark, Sweden and the UK, the 36-40 hour bracket was the dominant category: 70% of Danish industrial workers fell into this group, compared to 80% in Sweden and 50% in the UK. In stark contrast, French workers were almost evenly split between the 31-35 hour category (40%) and the 36-40 hour category (36%), with a further 20% working 46-50 hours weekly.

Shares of workers in brackets outside the peak ranges were far lower: most non-peak categories accounted for less than 20% of workers in each country, with the lowest proportions consistently recorded for the 1-14 hour and 50+ hour brackets across all four nations.