The given bar charts compare the distribution of weekly working hours among industrial sector workers in France, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK in 2002.
Overall, most employees in these countries worked for 34-40 hours per week, except for the French with the majority of them working for 31-33 hours.
In France, about 50% of the industrial labour worked between 31 and 33 hours per week, followed by nearly 40% who worked 34-40 hours. Other figures on the chart were all below 20%. Denmark exhibits a different pattern, where the highest percentage of the workforce, 65% among all categories, worked 34-40 hours per week. Approximately 20% worked between 31 and 33 hours, while the proportion of workers working longer or shorter hours remained relatively small, a mere under 10%.
In Sweden, 80% of the workers fell within the 34-40 hour range, a significantly higher percentage than in three other countries. The 31-33 hour category accounted for about 40%, while the remaining categories ranged from 10% to 30%. In contrast, the UK had a more even distribution across various work hour categories. The largest group, around 50%, worked 34-40 hours, while 20% worked more than 50 hours, which is the highest percentage for this category among the four countries.