Band 7+: The bar chart below describe the weekly hours worked by people in four Scandinavian countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The depicted bar graphs provide information about employees’ working hours in a week in four different Scandinavian countries in 2002.

Overall, the figures are represented in percentages and hours. It is strikingly evident that vast majority of staff worked for 36-40 hours in 3 demonstrated countries (Denmark, Sweden, The UK respectively 70%, 80%, 50%). In general, the percentages wildly fluctuated in four different states.

In France, the highest percentage of working individuals were engaged in work for 31-35 hours (50%), while only one tenth of employees worked for 1-14 hours weekly. The people who worked for 50+ hours showed the same figure. In addition, the situation in Denmark’s workforce was slightly different. 70 percent of the staff worked for 36-40 hours in a week, which is 20% higher than France. Approximately 10% of Danish workers were recorded in 6 different working hour categories.

Furthermore, four fifth workers’ hours were recorded between 36 and 40 in Sweden, whereas only half of the working population worked for the same hour category in the UK. Employees who worked for 41-45 hours showed almost the same figures in Sweden and the UK.