Turkish workweek ranked third longest in world

While there are significant differences between countries' working conditions, a survey conducted recently showed Turkey ranks high on a list for long working hours.

Singapore, where people’s weekly working hours add up to 46.6, tops the list, according to the survey conducted by CNBC, a satellite and cable television business news channel. South Korea ranks second after Singapore with 46 weekly working hours, and Turkey ranks third with 45 hours.

As economic ties between countries continue to improve, people's chances to work in other countries also rise. A photo analysis by CNBC focused on the differences in working conditions between countries. The analysis aimed to reveal how these differences affect people’s living standards.

Countries were compared based on average income, retirement age, weekly working hours and non-working days. The weekly working hours in Turkey was determined by the Ministry of Labor to be 45 hours. In Turkey, the total number of official annual leave days is 26 for people who have worked 15 years.

In Singapore, annual income per capita adds up to $50,300. The retirement age in the country is set at 55, and annual leave days total 25. In the United States, annual income per capita adds up to $46,400. Annual leave days in the country total 25 days while weekly working hours total 33.8.

Chinese laborers are among those who have it the hardest, as they put in 44 weekly working hours. Annual income per capital in the country adds up to only $6,500 with 21 days of annual leave. The legal age to retire in the country is 50 for women and 60 for men. But Chinese workers still have it better then those in India, who have no specified working hours. Their annual income per capita hardly makes it to $3,100. The legal age for retirement is set at 58 in India.

In Canada annual income per capita is $38,400. Canada offers 19 days of leave for workers while Brazil permits 41 days. Income per capita in Brazil totals $10,200.

The CNBC analysis used statistics from the World Factbook, a reference resource produced by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, to show the per capita income rates. The weekly working hour statistics were taken from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD.


/Hurriyet Daily News/