Mexicans work the longest days in the 26 OECD countries, averaging about 10 hours of both paid and unpaid work. Belgians work the least, with an average of less than seven hours a day. Mexicans also spend the most time per day in unpaid work, while South Koreans do the least. The majority of unpaid work in OECD countries is cooking and cleaning. Irish people spend the most time caring for family members or others, while Belgians spend the least.
Among people living in the 26 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, Mexicans work the longest days, averaging about 10 hours of both unpaid and paid work. Those who work the least are the Belgians, who work less than seven hours a day in roughly equal amounts of paid and unpaid labour. The average working day for people in OECD countries is eight hours.
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Mexicans also spend the most time per day in unpaid work of those in any OECD country, doing just over four hours a day of unpaid work. Those in South Korea do the lowest-paid work per day, devoting just over two hours a day to unpaid work.
The majority of unpaid work in OECD countries is cooking and cleaning, with OECD citizens spending just over two hours a day. Other than that, taking care of family members or others takes about 25 minutes a day, which is about the same amount of time that is spent shopping.
Those in Ireland spend the most time caring for family members or others, with more than an hour spent each day, and those in Belgium spend the least time caring for others – around 15 minutes a day.
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