3. France

Insight on French Employees’ Working Module

Average annual hours per person: 1,392

Average working hours per week: 26.8

Average wage per hour: $34.26 (8th highest)

2011 unemployment rate: 9.3 percent

Even though, French productivity is considered to be a major issue, employees here reported to earn one of the maximum average hourly salaries among OECD nations, which is of $34.26 per hour. Since 1995, annual working hours for workers here has been decreased almost 100 hours. An average of 15.33 hours they reportedly spend on personal activities and leisure which is the fourth highest among OECD nations. Compared to 26 OECD countries, French employees spent around 17 percent less time at work in the past year.

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Being one of the most developed countries, France honors the fifth largest economy in the world in regards of GDP and the ninth-largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity. Welcoming 82 million foreign tourists yearly, France is the world’s most visited country as well. France is also honored to be the wealthiest and healthiest country.

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