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 34 to 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 to 40 hours. Other figures on the chart were all below 20%. Denmark exhibited a different pattern, where the highest percentage of the workforce, 65% among all categories, worked 34 to 40 hours per week. Approximately 25% 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 to 40 hour range, a significantly higher percentage than in the other countries. The 31 to 33 hour category accounted for about 40%, while the remaining categories saw proportions ranging 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 to 40 hours, while 20% worked more than 50 hours, which is the highest percentage for this category among the four countries.