The charts below show the percentage of people working based on hours counted per week in the industrial sector in four European countries in 2002.
Overall, we can see the similarity when the percentage of people working in three countries: Denmark, Sweden, and the UK—all worked the same number of hours per week, which was 36–40 hours. In contrast, France had the highest number of people working 31–35 hours per week.
Based on the charts, the percentage of people worked based on hours in the three countries Denmark, Sweden and the UK had a common point with the highest percentage. However, in the remaining hours, the three countries showed differences. While in Denmark, the percentage of most hours were approximately around 10 percent, the percentage of 31-35 hours was twice as high at more than 20 percent, and was 7 times higher at around 36-40 hours with more than 70 percent. Besides, in Sweden there was a clear clustering when 3 time frames (1-14,46-50,50+) were at the same mark of less than 10 percent, while 2 time frames (15-20,21- 30) were twice as high at 20 percent; follow was 41-45 hour window with about 30 percent and 31-35 hour window with nearly 40 percent. Finally a leaded of 36-40 hours at 80 percent.
Furthermore, the UK had a clear difference. That was show when the hours 1-14, 15-20, 21-30 all reached less than 10 percent. Then, it was 41-45 hours beyond 10 percent, 46-50 doubled at 20 percent, then 50+ tripled at 30 percent. Finally, the 36-40 hours range leaded by 5 times higher at nearly 50 percent. Finally, there was France with a big difference compared to the rest. The time frames 1-14, 21,-30, 41-45, 50+ here all only reached around 10%. Slightly better was 15-20 hours with nearly 15 percent and 46-50 hours when reached 20 percent, twice as high. The 36-40 hours time frame was the second highest, nearly 3.5 times higher than the smallest time frame group at about 35 percent. The last leading percentage, which was 5 times higher up to 50 percent belonged to 31-35 hours.