8. Republic of Korea
Average working hours annually: 2,069
Even though South Korea is among top hardest working countries in the world ranked by average working hours, according to The Korea Herald, it has low labor productivity compared to the number of working hours. Since 2000 Korea seemed to have begun to shorten the working time; however the average working time remained high after 2011.

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