9. Sweden:
In Sweden, only 63 percent of the employees will take the leaves which are allotted to them as the vacation days. Apart from that, Swedes are also entitled to enjoy 11 government holidays every year and these professionals will approximately work for around 1,610 hours in a year on an average. Well, here, we can’t consider these employees as hardworking professionals just because they spend above mentioned number of hours in a year, as it also depends on the level of hardships they face while completing their given task.

8. Brazil:
Brazilians have been ranked as the 8^th hardest working employees as in Brazil only 59 percent of the employees take the benefit of the vacation holidays allotted to them. Apart from that, the professionals in Brazil are also entitled to enjoy 11 federal holidays in a year and the employers over there are suppose to offer 30 additional holidays as vacation days.