The provided charts compare the amount of working time per week in the industrial area in four distinct countries in Europe, within the year 2002. Overall, the majority of workers in most nations worked weekly from 36-40 hours, except for French people. Additionally, British employees tended to work overtime more than others.
Regarding France, most of the working population in this country worked from 31-35 hours a week, followed by those who worked from 36-40 hours. In contrast, 70 percent of Danes spent 36-40 hours on working which was nearly one fifth higher than those working from 31-35 hours. Notably, the proportion of employees allocating time fewer than 30 hours and higher than 40 hours in both countries did not exceed 20 percent.
In terms of the remaining nations, the figures for Sweden and the Uk recorded a similar pattern as the 36-40 working hours was the dominant category with 80 percent and 50 percent of people choosing it, respectively.Noteworthily, the Uk had the highest rate of working overtime with one-fifth of the working population devoting more than 50 hours to work per week.