Our list of 11 countries with the highest rates of job satisfaction in the world gives you the percentage of people who are satisfied, extremely satisfied, dissatisfied and plenty more.
When it comes to jobs, a lot of people might believe that having one solves all the problems but, in fact, the reality is far from it. Those who are employed have a lot of issues to deal with at the workplace.
People all around the world are looking for employment opportunities. Some people even have to go abroad to earn a living, leaving their families behind. Countries that are developed have more employment opportunities than those that are still developing and this is why people from every corner of the world agree to work on the terms of the companies they are getting employed in. There is a general belief that if you want to earn money you have to struggle for it. This is why most people compromise and continue working even if they are not happy with their jobs.
Since the majority of people seemed unhappy with their work, the concept of “Job Satisfaction” evolved and has now become one of the major topics of discussion. Basically, when an individual is not happy with his or her work or a certain aspect of the work their job satisfaction is most likely to be low. Now, there may be a large number of employed people but that does not necessarily mean that they are satisfied with their jobs too. Most of these people are only working because they are getting paid enough. However, there is a lot more to a workplace than just the amount of money you get – it is to love what you do. What is surprising here is the fact that most countries in this list also appears on our list of “top 20 countries with the best quality of life”.
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There may be a large number of studies regarding countries with the highest amount of employment rate but you will find only a few ones that will tell you about the job satisfaction rate of people from all around the world. We took stats from different regions and put together the top 11 countries with the highest job satisfaction rate. So, without any further ado let’s get right into it.
11. Russia
When it comes to Russia, about 14% of the population is satisfied with their jobs and surprisingly the same percentage of people are dissatisfied. About 25% of the people said they were very satisfied which makes an overall 39% job satisfaction in the country.
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10. Canada
Canada has the same percentage of job satisfaction as Russia with about 39% people satisfied with their jobs. However, 11% people aren’t satisfied with their job at all.
9. New Zealand
In New Zealand about 12% people were extremely satisfied with their jobs and 29% came under the category of “satisfied”. Only 7% of the whole population seemed unhappy with their work.
8. Israel
Israel stands at number nine in the list of 11 countries with the highest rates of job satisfaction in the World with about 47% job satisfaction rate.
7. Netherlands
About 38% of people in Netherlands said they are very satisfied with their jobs and about 10% are satisfied. Surprisingly, only 4% of the employed population was dissatisfied with their work.
6. USA
49% of the population employed in USA seemed satisfied with their jobs and only 9% said that they did not like what they do.
5. Spain
Job Satisfaction rate in Spain is also pretty impressive as about 36% people were satisfied with their jobs while 14% said that they are extremely satisfied and could not ask for more. The percentage of people unhappy with their jobs was only 5%, which is why the country stands at number five.
4. Switzerland
51% of the population in Switzerland said they are very satisfied with what they are doing and only 3% seemed unhappy with their jobs.
3. Cyprus
Standing at number three is Cyprus with 35% people very satisfied and 25% fairly satisfied with what they do for a living, making a job satisfaction rate of 60%.
2. Philippines
According to our stats almost 36% of the population in Philippines is happy with their jobs and over 25% said that they are extremely satisfied. Only 6% of the employed population said that they were unhappy and dissatisfied.
1. Denmark
Standing on top amongst 11 countries with the highest rates of job satisfaction in the World is Denmark. According to our findings there were about 37% people that said that they are satisfied and about 25% said that they have the best job in the world. The rate of unhappy employees was only 4%. Overall, 62% of the employed population was satisfied with their work and had no complaints what so ever.
