Who Works Hardest in the World?

If you want an answer to that question, click here to read about a new OECD report on the subject.

One conclusion is that compared with the rest of the world, Australians spend a lot of time at their job.

According to the latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) employment outlook, full-time and part-time working Australians put in an average 1,814 hours each year, equating to almost 38 hours a week over the 48-week working year.

That made Aussies the sixth-hardest workers among the 30 OECD nations, behind Korea, Czech and Slovak Republics, Greece and Mexico.

Norway had the lowest working hours with 1,337 a year, or under 28 hours a week taking into account four weeks holidays a year, compared with Korea's effort of almost 50 hours a week.

The 1,814 average annual hours worked by Australians in 2003 was significantly less than the 1,904 hours - or just under 40 hours a week - racked up by workers in 1979.

Fetch the report here.